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Parental Response to Early Human Capital Shocks: Evidence from the Chernobyl Accident
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2014
we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310778
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Parental response to early human capital shocks: Evidence from the Chernobyl accident
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2014
the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human … the time of the accident. Our design-based approach (which accounts for culling effects) provides robust empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310794
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Parental Response to Early Human Capital Shocks: Evidence from the Chernobyl Accident
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2014
we interpret the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333316
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Parental Response to Early Human Capital Shocks: Evidence from the Chernobyl Accident
Zweimueller, Martina; Halla, Martin - 2014
the prenatal exposure of the Austrian 1986 cohort to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as a negative human … the time of the accident. Our design-based approach (which accounts for culling effects) provides robust empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000584
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Clean energy access: Gender disparity, health, and labour supply
Verma, Anjali P.; Imelda, Imelda - 2022
Women bear a disproportionate share of the health and time burden associated with lack of access to modern energy. We … study the impact of clean energy access on adult health and labour supply outcomes by exploiting a nationwide rollout of a … clean cooking fuel program in Indonesia. We find that access to clean cooking fuel led to an improvement in women's health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013432969
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The Electoral Consequences of Nuclear Fallout: Evidence from Chernobyl
Mehic, Adrian - 2020
What are the political effects of a nuclear accident? Following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, environmentalist parties … were elected to parliaments in several nations. This paper uses Chernobyl as a natural experiment creating variation in … the anti-nuclear Green Party, which was elected to parliament in 1988. After adjusting for pre-Chernobyl views on nuclear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208886
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The Lifelong Costs of Urban Smogs
Ball, Alastair - 2017
Exposure to smoggy days is a common part of urban life, but can be avoided by vulnerable populations with municipal investment in warnings. This paper provides the first evidence on the long-term effects of early exposure to smog. Variation comes from exposure to the Great London Smog of 1952....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653419
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Intelligence, Human Capital and HIV/AIDS: Fresh Exploration
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This study complements existing literature on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and human capital by introducing previously unexplored indicators as well as more robust empirical strategies. The overarching purpose is to assess whether previous findings on the relationship withstand empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390924
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The Effect of Labor Market Shocks across the Life Cycle
Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander L.P. - 2021
relocate to new labor markets, individuals in the middle of their careers reduce fertility and adjust family formation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177525
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The Effect of Labor Market Shocks across the Life Cycle
Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2022
relocate to new labor markets, individuals in the middle of their careers reduce fertility and adjust family formation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470397