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, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome di- mension. Second, we apply a semi …
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, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome dimension. Second, we apply a semi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354544
, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome dimension. Second, we apply a semi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257598
, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome dimension. Second, we apply a semi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012312614
This article analyzes the effect of public policy intervention in the production of health capital on fertility …, private investment in children's health and education and human capital accumulation. I have used a growth model with … an additional factor that affects children's human capital, which is health. I analyze the overall society-wide effect of …
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We study the effect of the cycle on the health of newborn babies using 30 years of birth-certificate data for Spain. We …, the effect on health is not the result of selection, since the main result survives the inclusion of parents' fixed …-effects. Analysis of National Health Survey data shows that fertility-age women engage in healthier behaviors during recessions (in …
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breastfeeding on children’s cognitive development but no effects on health or non-cognitive development during the period of …
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Early life shocks result in physiological changes that allow infants and children to adapt to surrounding environments. We examine the implications of one form of biological adaptation - immune system learning - for human capital formation. Using two case studies, where interventions to reduce...
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We explore optimal health subsidies in a dynastic model with health externalities to productivity that cause low health … spending, productivity, longevity, savings and labor but high fertility. Public or firms’ health subsidies increase health … spending, longevity and productivity and decrease fertility. Labor income taxes reduce the marginal benefit of health spending …
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incorporates mental and physical health. Correlated mental and physical health production functions are simultaneously estimated …, including the endogenous decisions to seek psychotherapy and smoke cigarettes as health accumulation factors. The model is … indicate that mental health has a stronger impact on labor supply than physical health. At the same time, estimates show that …
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