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on the gender-specific health outcome of respondents aged 60+ at follow-up over a period of 13 years (for western Germany … analysed self-rated general health as well as the self-reported absence and prevalence of specific diseases which are directly …-up in order to control for selection effects to the health outcome. The analysis was separated by sex to account for gender …
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with twelve concrete health impairments. Specifically, we analyze whether subjective well-being predicts longer survival in … decrease survival in our sample, even controlling for the severity of health problems. But our results cast doubt on strong … significant interactions between substantive health impairments and life satisfaction. Higher subjective well-being may keep you …
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%, only part of it due to reduced work hours. We find no evidence of an adverse health effect of having children. …
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payment and heart rate variability. Building on these findings, we further test for potential adverse health effects of unfair … show a strong and significant negative association between unfair pay and health outcomes, in particular cardiovascular … health. …
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household income, socio-demographic factors, and private health insurance factors in both Japan and the USA. Using these two … rises, households have a positive effect on purchasing health insurance as a normal good. Another similarity between the two … pure health issuance characteristics, an increase in premium of health insurance policies cause individuals to substitute …
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, and health measures) to examine the consistency of the relationship. We find that the relationship is both scale …
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We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa remain high, they have started to decline. According to UN projections, they will fall further in the coming decades such that by the mid-21st century the ratio of the...
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pollution levels decreased by 35% in the most affected region. Back of the envelope calculations imply accumulated health …
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towards a need for social protection policies with a focus on health, disability, and employment in Indonesia. …
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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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