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There is no place like work: Evidence on health and labor market behavior from changing weather conditions
Chadi, Adrian - 2017
prior to the date of a survey interview. Weather conditions are capable of affecting peoples' health. While bad weather …-specifics in the health impairments due to bad weather, the increase in working hours is driven by women. …Ill-health is commonly believed to be detrimental for labor market outcomes. Yet, causal evidence mostly comes from …
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Temperature and Mental Health: Evidence from the Spectrum of Mental Health Outcomes
Mullins, Jamie; White, Corey - 2019
This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that … health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce negative mental health outcomes while hot temperatures increase them. Our … conditioning penetration rates, accessibility of mental health services, and other factors. The character of the results suggests …
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Weather Conditions and Physical Activity: Insights for Climate Emergency Policies
Belloc, Ignacio; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, … - 2024
This study explores the link between daily weather conditions and individual engagement in physical activities within … the context of the climate emergency. Using ATUS data from 2003-2022, alongside detailed daily-county weather data, the … physical activity across varying weather conditions amid the ongoing climate emergency. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014463071
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The Supply of Child Labour
Cigno, Alessandro - 2004
The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated...
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Sleeping
Laufey Asgeirsdottir, Tinna - 2008
Sleep is a source of energy. This energy is available in limited quantity and individuals must decide when it should be renewed and when it should be consumed. The economics of sleeping and the economics of resource extraction are one and the same. More specifically, utility maximization with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306470
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The Effect of Disability on Employment Allowing for Work Incapacity
O'Donnell, Owen - 1998
Previous modelling of the impact of disability on employment has failed to allow for a direct effect rendering some individuals capable of work. A model in which both a capacity and a desire for work are necessary conditions for employment is estimated from a sample of British disabled men....
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The effects of children's ADHD on parents' relationship dissolution and labor supply
Kvist, Anette Primdal; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, … - 2011
This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75% higher probability...
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Gathering Support for Green Tax Reform: Evidence from German Household Surveys
van der Ploeg, Rick; Rezai, Armon; Tovar, Miguel - 2021
support can be mustered without hurting equity too much. We also investigate the effects of Germany meeting its legal target …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799698
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The impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep of child-parent dyads
Nguyen, Ha Trong; Christian, Hayley; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2021
This study explores the differential impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep by children … regression model to estimate the causal impact of weather, we find that unfavourable weather conditions, as measured by cold or … weather conditions have little impact on children's sleep time or the time allocation of their parents. We also find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587301
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Marriage markets as explanation for why heavier people work more hours
Grossbard, Shoshana; Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 6 (2017) 9, pp. 1-30
the NLSY79 and NLSY97 and a number of estimation strategies (including OLS, IV, and sibling FE). Our IV estimates (with …
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