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The spread of COVID-19 in Germany - an application of the SIRDH model
Landsgesell, Lukas; Stadler, Manfred - 2020
The paper studies the current COVID-19 pandemic by applying an adapted epidemiologic model, where each individual is in one of the five states “susceptible”, “infected”, “removed”, “immune healthy” or “dead”. We extend the basic model with time-invariant transition rates...
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How we fall apart : similarities of human aging in 10 European countries
Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Strulik, Holger - 2017
We analyze human aging, understood as health deficit accumulation, for a panel of European individuals. For that … purpose, we use four waves of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE dataset) and construct a health …), however, we find much greater rates of aging and large differences between men and women as well as between countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590290
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The interaction between personality and health policy : empirical evidence from the UK smoking bans
Josten, Cecily; Lordan, Grace - 2020
We investigate whether responses to the UK public places smoking ban depend on personality. Drawing on individual level panel data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we exploit variation in the timing and location of these bans to establish their overall effect on smoking outcomes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231660
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The Contribution of Pharmaceutical Innovation to Longevity Growth in Germany and France
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2014
I investigate the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France. First, I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069689
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Why is the world getting older? : the influence of happiness on mortality
Guven, Cahit; Saloumidis, Rudolph - 2009
World life expectancy has risen by around 20 years in the last 50 years. This period has also witnessed rising happiness levels around the world suggesting that happiness might be one of the causes behind the decline in mortality. We investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635276
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A Parsimonious Model of Subjective Life Expectancy
Ludwig, Alexander - 2009
This paper develops a theoretical model for the formation of subjective beliefs on individual survival expectations. Data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) indicate that, on average, young respondents underestimate their true survival probability whereas old respondents overestimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157401
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Impact of policy measures and behavior on the COVID pandemic in Germany
Bethäuser, Jenny - 2024
Critics protest loudly against restrictions imposed by politicians during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: Mandatory masks, lockdowns, school and business closures. This paper examines (1) the extent to which these policies have indirectly contributed to limiting the number of COVID-19 cases...
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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?
Marcus, Jan - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286342
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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?
Marcus, Jan - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506495
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Spillover effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior
Kemptner, Daniel; Marcus, Jan - 2013
This study investigates the effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior. We draw on a rich German panel data set containing information about three generations. This allows instrumenting maternal education by the number of her siblings while conditioning on grandparental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381149