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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch hunger winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
S. Scholte, Robert; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lindeboom, … - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial dermacations are clear, it was severe, it was anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185412
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Rising Mortality Rate in Andhra Pradesh: Towards a demystification
Motkuri, Venkatanarayana; Mishra, Uday Shankar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
health care and Rajiv Aryogyasri (RAS), a health insurance scheme to cover the catastrophic health expenditure of BPL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261013
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Being Born Under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life: Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business C...
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We connect the recent medical and economic literatures on the long-run effects of early-life conditions, by analyzing the effects of economic conditions on the individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate later in life, using individual data records from the Danish Twin Registry covering births...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762085
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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR:NIGERIA
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
GOOD HEALTH IS A CRUCIAL PART OF WELL-BEING BUT SPENDING ON HEALTH CAN BE JUSTIFIED ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS. THE GOAL OF … REDUCING POVERTY PROVIDES A DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY POWERFUL CASE FOR HEALTH INVESTMENTS. HOWEVER, IF POLICYMAKERS ARE TO … ACCELERATE THE SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH GAINS OF RECENT DECADES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE POOR IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS NIGERIA, THE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408428
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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR POLICY REFORMS FOR NIGERIA:A PHASED PROJECT STUDY
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of … reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to … accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556956
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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?
Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653926
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Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes
Scholte, Robert; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lindeboom, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646289
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Wealth, Health, and Child Development: Evidence from Administrative Data on Swedish Lottery Players
Cesarini, David; Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large, virtually free of attrition, and …) wealth and health or (ii) parental income and children's outcomes do not reflect a causal effect of wealth. …We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199855
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The Rise in Old Age Longevity and the Market for Long-Term Care.
Philipson, T.; Lakdawalla, D. - George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy … - 1998
forces, which govern the stocks of frail and health persons in a population, interact with economic forces, which govern the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005245405
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How Does Retirement Affect Health?
Behncke, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper investigates the effects of retirement on various health outcomes. Data stem from the first three waves of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078572