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In this paper we examine the impact of a tailored health warning on health outcomes. We exploit the design of a … medical practitioner. The effect of getting a formal hypertension diagnosis was to reduce the incidence of smoking and improve … the quality of diets. However, we do not find changes in monthly alcohol spending. The behavioural changes (plus any …
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and expected returns for outcomes in the cognitive, socio-emotional and health domains, and we show that this contributes …
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In this paper we examine the impact of a tailored health warning on health outcomes. We exploit the design of a … medical practitioner. The effect of getting a formal hypertension diagnosis was to reduce the incidence of smoking and improve … the quality of diets. However, we do not find changes in monthly alcohol spending. The behavioural changes (plus any …
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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys, and the relative chances of girls surviving...
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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender...
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