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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Modin, Bitte - 2013

We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...

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Beyond the business cycle: Factors driving aggregate mortality rates

Hanewald, Katja - 2008

-economic and ecological factors as explanatory variables. Germany is chosen as an indicative example for other industrialized …

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Earnings Prospects for People with Migration Background in Germany

Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - 2007

Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … Germany lead to better earnings prospects compared to degrees obtained abroad for persons with migration background …. Independently of gender and skill level, the estimates affirm higher earnings to educational attainment in Germany. …

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Individual Mortality and Macro-Economic Conditions from Birth to Death

Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; van den Berg, … - 2003

We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business cycle conditions early in life as an exogenous indicator. Individual records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death, covering a window of unprecedented size...

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Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times: Evidence From the OECD

Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2003

This study uses aggregate data for 23 OECD countries over the 1960-1997 period to examine the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase when labor markets strengthen. For instance,...

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A rossz magyar egészségi állapot lehetséges magyarázó tényezői; összehasonlító makroelemzés magyar és osztrák adatok alapján, 1960 - 2004

Lackó, Mária - 2010

In Hungary, the health status of working age men is extremely bad in comparison with both the developed market economies and the neighboring transition countries. The study based on data between 1960 and 2004 investigates the health status of population in Hungary and Austria by...

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The Poor Health Status of the Hungarians; Comparative Macro-Analysis of the Likely Explanatory Factors onHungarian and Austrian Data, 1960-2004

Lackó, Mária - 2011

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The impact of early life economic conditions on cause-specific mortality during adulthood

Yeung, Gary Y. C.; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, … - 2012

The aim of this study is to assess the effects of economic conditions in early life on cause-specific mortality during adulthood. The analyses are performed on a unique historical sample of 14,520 Dutch individuals born in 1880-1918, who are followed throughout life. The economic conditions in...

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A note on the impact of hours worked on mortality in the OECD

Johansson, Edvard - 2003

In this note we investigate whether an increase in hours worked per employed person raises the total mortality rate in a sample of 23 OECD countries during 1960-1997. We use the same basic research design and data as Gerdtham & Ruhm (2002). This implies that the total mortality rate is modelled...

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Alcohol mortality, drinking behaviour, and business cycles: Are slumps really dry seasons?

Johansson, Edvard; Böckerman, Petri; Prättälä, Ritva; … - 2005

This paper explores the connection between alcohol mortality, drinking behaviour and macroeconomic fluctuations in Finland by using both aggregate and micro-level data during the past few decades. The results from the aggregate data reveal that an improvement in regional economic conditions...

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