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In this paper we hypothesize that education is associated with a higher efficiency of health investment, yet that this … efficiency advantage is solely driven by intelligence. We operationalize efficiency of health investment as the probability of … the higher educated to be more efficient users of health investment - intelligent individuals have a clear survival …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464787
We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074209
We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315793
We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159866
High educated individuals are less frequently admitted to hospital for cardiovascular diseases and live longer than the lower educated. We address whether the educational gradient in the mortality rate can be explained by the educational difference in the timing of CVD hospitalisation. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583527
In this paper we hypothesize that education is associated with a higher efficiency of health investment, yet that this … efficiency advantage is solely driven by intelligence. We operationalize efficiency of health investment as the probability of … the higher educated to be more efficient users of health investment - intelligent individuals have a clear survival …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491394
In this paper we hypothesize that education is associated with a higher efficiency of health investment, yet that this … efficiency advantage is solely driven by intelligence. We operationalize efficiency of health investment as the probability of … the higher educated to be more efficient users of health investment - intelligent individuals have a clear survival …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255933
Evidence for the short-term impact of early intervention on childhood health is weak and inconsistent. Using rigorous … programme on child health. The treatment provides mentoring visits from pregnancy until school entry to improve child outcomes … through positively affecting parenting. In a context where socioeconomic inequalities in health have yet to emerge, modest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251242
Malaria kills about 1,500 children every day. Based on the Demographic and Health Surveys, we examine malaria treatment … practices of various health care providers in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 90 percent of the world’s deaths due to … malaria occur. To assess the quality of each health care provider (including, among others, public health centers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009735875
Health-maximizing and welfare-maximizing behaviors can be at odds, especially among disadvantaged groups, generating … health disparities. We estimate a lifecycle model of medication and labor supply decisions using data on HIV-positive men. We … interfered with work. A counterfactual mandate to use HAART improves health but increases inequality because low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013453985