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For better or worse? : subjective expectations and cost-benefit trade-offs in health behavior

Conti, Gabriella; Giustinelli, Pamela - 2023

We provide a framework to disentangle preferences and beliefs in health behavior and apply it to lockdown compliance in … preferences and beliefs explain compliance differences by gender, only preferences drive differences by vulnerability. When others … vulnerables more. When a public figure breaches the rules, opponents comply less. Heterogenous beliefs, preferences, and responses …

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The welfare costs of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe: An empirical assessment using the economic value-of-life approach

Fimpel, Julia; Stolpe, Michael - 2006

optimization model to determine the aggregate welfare losses from HIV/AIDS in 25 Eastern European countries. Assuming a discount …

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Long-term effects of male circumcision on risky sexual behaviors and STD infections : evidence from Malawian schools

Jung, Jaehyun; Kim, Booyuel; Kim, Hyuncheol Bryant; … - 2016

circumcision surgery to 2,667 adolescent male students at secondary schools in Malawi and conducted long-term follow-up survey …

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Revisiting the Income-Health Nexus: The Importance of Choosing the "Right" Indicator

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010

We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...

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Pollution Exposure and Infant Health: Evidence from Germany

Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010

This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data come from the Federal Environment...

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Broke, Ill, and Obese: The Effect of Household Debt on Health

Keese, Matthias; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2010

We analyze the effect of household indebtedness on different health outcomes using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1999-2009. To establish a causal effect, we rely on (a) fixed-effects methods, (b) a subsample of constantly employed individuals, and (c) lagged debt variables to...

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A Meta-Analysis of the Willingness to Pay for Reductions in Pesticide Risk Exposure

Travisi, Chiara M.; Nijkamp, Peter; Florax, Raymond J. G. M. - 2004

The use of environmental policy instruments such as eco-labelling and pesticide taxes should preferably be based on disaggregate estimates of the individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for pesticide risk reductions. We review the empirical valuation literature dealing with pesticide risk exposure...

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The effect of disability on labour market outcomes in Germany : evidence from matching

Lechner, Michael; Vazquez-Alvarez, Rosalia - 2003

If labour market policies aimed at people with disabilities are effective, we should observe no significant difference in labour market outcomes between disable and non-disable individuals. This paper examines the impact of disability status on labour market outcomes using matching methods...

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Substance use and earnings : the case of smokers in Germany

Schwarze, Johannes; Heineck, Guido - 2003

This paper examines the effect of smoking behavior on earnings. Using data from the GSOEP, both cross-sectional and longitudinal models are estimated separately for males and females. Results for the cross-sectional models confirm prior analyses inasmuch as smoking has a negative effect on...

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The Effect of Health Changes and Long-Term Health on the Work Activity of Older Canadians

Au, Doreen; Crossley, Thomas F.; Schellhorn, Martin - 2004

Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self-reported health, particularly ?justification bias?, and (2) the relative...

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