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methods to provide both central estimates and bounds on the effect of health insurance on health and mortality among the near … average effect of uninsurance on mortality and health is plausible, some selection effects that might explain our full results …
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efforts in the 1960s. Before the increase in disaster relief efforts, mortality from in utero exposure to severe typhoons was … associated with adverse outcomes. We exploit variations in typhoon exposure and sharp increases in short-term disaster relief … 9 percent; survivors exhibited similar levels of human capital as the unaffected. After the increase in disaster relief …
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-compulsory education level increased after the reform. In addition, we find that the reform decreases mortality while young (16-25) for … both genders while it increases mortality for middle age women (26-40). We provide evidence to proof that the latter …
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The statistical evidence of the study here shows that countries with a low average COVID-19 fatality rate have high expenditures in health sector and a lower exposure of population to air pollution, regardless a higher percentage of population aged more than 65 years. This study suggests that...
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This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential impact of climate change. Panel data models indicate that excess and lack of rainfall have the most important harmful effects on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low...
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We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business … indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in … a recession to those born in the preceding boom, and we estimate duration models where the individual's mortality rate …
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We study the effect of a compulsory education reform in Sweden on adult health and mortality. The reform was …, hospitalizations, labor force participation and mortality for Swedes born between 1946 and 1957. Individual level data allow us to … study the effect of the education reform on three main groups of outcomes: (i) mortality until age 60 for different causes …
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-compulsory education level increased after the reform.In addition, we find that the reform decreases mortality while young (16-25) for both … genders while it increases mortality for middle age women (26-40). We provide evidence to proof that the latter increase is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021452
released in 2010. Previous research has found no net effect on opioid mortality, with users substituting away from OxyContin … toward heroin. This paper explores health effects of the reformulation beyond mortality. Exploiting variation across states …
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In this paper, we examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on individual aging and longevity with special focus on socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and calibrate a health economic model based on principles...
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