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Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
Neidell, Matthew; Uchida, Shinsuke; Veronesi, Marcella - 2019
mortality from higher electricity prices outnumbers the mortality from the accident itself, suggesting the decision to cease … power was replaced by fossil fuels, causing an exogenous increase in electricity prices. This increase led to a reduction in … energy consumption, which caused an increase in mortality during very cold temperatures. We estimate that the increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141322
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One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior
Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the effect that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600931
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One last puff? Public smoking bans and smoking behavior
Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the effect that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269834
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One last puff? Public smoking bans and smoking behavior
Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the effect that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271584
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One Last Puff? – Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior
Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the effect that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281151
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Evaluating the impact of community-based health interventions: evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program
Rocha, Romero; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2009
program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We … find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality throughout the age distribution, but mainly at earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276694
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Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe
Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012
example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large … mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we … quantify the mean mortality effect and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that men benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281040
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Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe
Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012
example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large … mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we … quantify the mean mortality effect and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that men benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282359
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European climate targets achievable without nuclear power
Kemfert, Claudia; Gerbaulet, Clemens; von Hirschhausen, … - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 47, pp. 619-625
The upcoming Climate Change Conference in Paris will once again highlight the need for action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate climate change. The relevant global energy scenarios are often still based on the assumption that the expansion of nuclear power can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387996
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Europäische Klimaschutzziele sind auch ohne Atomkraft erreichbar
Kemfert, Claudia; Gerbaulet, Clemens; von Hirschhausen, … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 45, pp. 1063-1070
Die kommende Klimakonferenz in Paris wird einmal mehr den Handlungsbedarf zur globalen Minderung von Treibhausgasemissionen verdeutlichen, um die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels einzudämmen. Relevante globale Energieszenarien gehen oftmals noch davon aus, dass der Ausbau der Atomkraft einen...
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