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Does Commuting Affect Health?
Künn-Nelen, Annemarie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper analyzes the relation between commuting time and health in the United Kingdom. I focus on four different … types of health outcomes: subjective health measures, objective health measures, health behavior, and health care … utilization. Fixed effect models are estimated with British Household Panel Survey data. I find that whereas objective health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274367
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Aircraft Noise in Berlin Affects Quality of Life Even Outside the Airport Grounds
Eibich, Peter; Kholodilin, Konstantin; Krekel, Christian; … - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 9, pp. 127-133
1984, allows us to examine the effect of different levels of aircraft noise on the subjective wellbeing and health of the …’s living environment, and poorer health. The association between well-being and a crossing altitude reduced by 100 meters is …
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Fluglärm ist mit einer verringerten Lebensqualität auch abseits der Berliner Flughäfen verbunden
Eibich, Peter; Kholodilin, Konstantin; Krekel, Christian; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 9, pp. 175-181
1984, allows us to examine the effect of different levels of aircraft noise on the subjective well-being and health of the …’s living environment, and poorer health. The association between well-being and a crossing altitude reduced by 100 meters is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185737
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Punishment and Deterrence: Evidence from Drunk Driving
Hansen, Benjamin - In: American Economic Review 105 (2015) 4, pp. 1581-1617
I test the effect of harsher punishments and sanctions on driving under the influence (DUI). In this setting, punishments are determined by strict rules on blood alcohol content (BAC) and previous offenses. Regression discontinuity derived estimates suggest that having a BAC above the DUI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011211790
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Health Behavior and Accident Risk: Obesity Is Associated with the Future Risk of Heavy Truck Crashes among Newly Recruited Commercial Drivers
Anderson, Jon; Govada, Manjari; Steffen, Tricia K.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
establish an association between obesity and crash risk show that driver health behavior has important spillovers for public …
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Struggling to Understand the Stock Market
Hall, Robert E. - In: American Economic Review 91 (2001) 2, pp. 1-11
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A Radical Change in Traffic Law: Effects on Fatalities in the Czech Republic
Montag, Josef - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2013
I evaluate the effects of a new road traffic law in the Czech Republic that became effective on July 1, 2006. The law introduced tougher punishments through the introduction of a demerit point system and a manifold increase in fines, together with an augmented authority of traffic police. I find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842887
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Behavior Policies and Teen Traffic Safety
Evans, William N.; Dee, Thomas S. - In: American Economic Review 91 (2001) 2, pp. 91-96
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Size of economic activity and occurrence of fatal traffic accidents: a count panel data analysis on Fukuoka prefecture in Japan
Kitazawa, Yoshitsugu - Faculty of Economics, Kyushu Sangyo University - 2010
In this paper, the investigation is conducted on the relationship between the number of fatalities by dint of traffic accidents and the gross municipal product, by using the panel data whose crosssectional units are composed of municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan. It turns out that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541397
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Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-ZPass
Currie, Janet; Walker, Reed - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 1, pp. 65-90
congestion contributes significantly to poor health among infants. (JEL I12, J13, Q51, Q53, R41) …
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