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model are income, health care price and the proportion of population aged more than 65 years old. Moreover, the TYDL … causality indicates that health expenditure and income is bi-directional in nature, thus policies initiative to promote health …
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Family Rewards represents the first test of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program in the U.S., offering families incentives for children's education, family preventive health care and parents' work and training. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program led to substantial...
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We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …
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similar to those in other countries. In particular, as in other countries, in Mexico income, education, health, job status and …
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Family Rewards represents the first test of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program in the U.S., offering families incentives for children's education, family preventive health care and parents' work and training. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program led to substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288704
The minimum wage has increased in multiple states over the past three decades. Research has focused on effects on labor supply, but very little is known about how the minimum wage affects health, including children's health. We address this knowledge gap and provide an investigation focused on...
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reinforced inequalities in income, savings, epidemic risk and even individual preventive behaviors. We present in more detail two … loosing their income because of contamination. Data on six countries confirm a disproportionate impact of the epidemic on the …
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This paper provides new evidence on the causal relationship between income and health by studying a randomized … experiment in which 1,000 low-income adults in the United States received $1,000 per month for three years, with 2,000 control …-sectional correlation between income and health lies well outside our confidence intervals. We also find that the transfer did not improve …
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Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new well-being valuation method. Yet there is currently no clear consensus on what the best measure of individual's experience may be for the evaluation process. To shed light on...
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Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new well-being valuation method. Yet there is no clear consensus on what the best measure of individual's experience may be for the evaluation process. To shed light on this issue,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010870839