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The best of times, the worst of times : understanding pro-cyclical mortality
Stevens, Ann Huff; Miller, Douglas Lee; Page, Marianne E.; … - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 7 (2015) 4, pp. 279-311
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393098
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The best of times, the worst of times : understanding pro-cyclical mortality
Stevens, Ann Huff; Miller, Douglas Lee; Page, Marianne E.; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009408679
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An economic theory of depression and its impact on health behavior and longevity
Strulik, Holger - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 158 (2019), pp. 269-287
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138557
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An economic theory of depression and its impact on health behavior and longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2018
In this paper, I introduce depression to the economics of human health and aging. Based on studies from happiness research, depression is conceptualized as a drastic loss of utility and value of life (life satisfaction) for unchanged fundamentals. The model is used to explain how untreated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786014
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How business cycles affect the healthcare sector : a cross-country investigation
Cleeren, Kathleen; Lamey, Lien; Meyer, Jan-Hinrich; … - In: Health economics 25 (2016) 7, pp. 787-800
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542507
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The macroeconomics of age-varying epidemics
Giagheddu, Marta; Papetti, Andrea - In: European economic review : EER 151 (2023), pp. 1-28
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235254
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The impact of the global recession on the health of the people in Asia
Kwon, Soonman; Jung, Youn; Islam, Anwar - In: Poverty and sustainable development in Asia : impacts …, (pp. 405-424). 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826496
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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times : Understanding Pro-Cyclical Mortality
Stevens, Ann Huff - 2011
A growing literature documents cyclical movements in mortality and health. We examine this pattern more closely and … in individuals' own behavior contribute very little to pro-cyclical mortality. Looking across broad age and gender groups …, we find that own-group employment rates are not systematically related to own-group mortality. In addition, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117405
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Income-related inequalities in diseases and health conditions over the business cycle
Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir; Jóhannsdóttir, Hildur … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 12, pp. 1-17
How business cycles affect income-related distribution of diseases and health disorders is largely unknown. We examine how the prevalence of thirty diseases and health conditions is distributed across the income spectrum using survey data collected in Iceland in 2007, 2009 and 2012. Thus, we are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011633845
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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times : Understanding Pro-cyclical Mortality
Stevens, Ann Huff - 2011
A growing literature documents cyclical movements in mortality and health. We examine this pattern more closely and … in individuals' own behavior contribute very little to pro-cyclical mortality. Looking across broad age and gender groups …, we find that own-group employment rates are not systematically related to own-group mortality. In addition, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461000