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Economic conditions at birth, birth weight, ability, and the causal path to cardiovascular mortality
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Modin, Bitte - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127786
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Beyond the business cycle : factors driving aggregate mortality rates
Hanewald, Katja (contributor) - 2008
-economic and ecological factors as explanatory variables. Germany is chosen as an indicative example for other industrialized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003693261
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Self-rated health and changes in self-rated health as predictors of mortality : first evidence from German panel data
Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H.; Anger, Silke - 2000
, there have been no studies conducted for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) we confirm … the relationship between self-rated health and mortality for Germany. In addition the GSOEP data enable an exploration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432793
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Self-rated and changes in self-rated health as predictors of mortality : first evidence from german panel data
Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H.; Anger, Silke - 2002
. However, no empirical evidence exists for Germany so far. We investigate the effectiveness of (i) self-ratings of health by … individuals and (ii) changes in self-rated health, as predictors of mortality for Germany. Methods: A sub-sample of 3 … a valid predictor of mortality in Germany, adding previously self-rated health has no effect on explaining the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626677
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Smoking and the business cycle : evidence from Germany
Kaiser, Micha; Reutter, Mirjam; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; … - 2017
In this paper, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to investigate the effect on cigarette consumption of macro-economic conditions in the form of regional unemployment rates. The results from our panel data models, several of which control for selection bias, indicate that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724491
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Lee-Carter and the macroeconomy
Hanewald, Katja - 2009
Using data for six OECD countries, this paper studies the effect of macroeconomic conditions on the mortality index kt in the well-known Lee-Carter model. Significant correlations are found with real GDP growth rates in Australia, Canada, and the United States, and with unemployment rate changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796260
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Individual mortality and macro-economic conditions from birth to death
Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; Berg, Gerard J. … - 2003
We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business cycle conditions early in life as an exogenous indicator. Individual records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death, covering a window of unprecedented size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334361
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Public spending on health and long-term care : a new set of projections ; a going for growth report
Maisonneuve, Christine de la; Oliveira-Martins, Joaquim - 2013
This paper proposes a new set of public health and long-term care expenditure projections till 2060, following up on the previous set of projections published in 2006. It disentangles health from longterm care expenditure as well as the demographic from the non-demographic drivers, and refines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775557
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The impact of early life economic conditions on cause-specific mortality during adulthood
Yeung, Gary Y. C.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, … - 2012
The aim of this study is to assess the effects of economic conditions in early life on cause-specific mortality during adulthood. The analyses are performed on a unique historical sample of 14,520 Dutch individuals born in 1880-1918, who are followed throughout life. The economic conditions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537268
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Death on the job: the Great Recession and work-related traffic fatalities
French, Michael T.; Gumus, Gulcin - 2021
In light of recent discussions about shifting employees from traditional workplaces to virtual employment, we are motivated by the question of whether this phenomenon will end up saving lives even in the absence of an infectious disease outbreak. Motor vehicle incidents are the leading cause of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517616