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This study explores the link between daily weather conditions and individual engagement in physical activities within … the context of the climate emergency. Using ATUS data from 2003-2022, alongside detailed daily-county weather data, the … physical activity across varying weather conditions amid the ongoing climate emergency. …
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force participation on obesity status. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and replicate labor …
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otherwise-similar workers who do not miss a week of work for health reasons. Our estimates suggest Covid-19 illnesses have …
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"We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women's labor supply following a health … shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the … labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under what conditions employment-contingent health insurance is likely …
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This paper examines the effect of a decline in health on the savings and portfolio choice of young, working individuals … health, controlling for variables such as income, age, and out-of-pocket medical expenses. Unlike many previous papers, which … dismiss health and portfolio choice associations among retired individuals on the basis of unobserved heterogeneity, we find …
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health and human capital measures. State laws vary widely in the treatment of child support under joint custody. While some … reduced child support. These incentives have negative effects on children's human capital development and health, with … school and child health. Parental characteristics and time use data suggest that economic incentives for joint custody may …
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Are people prone to selecting occupations with highly skewed income distributions despite minuscule chances of success? Assembling a comprehensive pool of potential teenage entrants into professional tennis (a typical winner-take-all market), we construct objective measures of relative ability...
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Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is …
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substitutability of family labor inputs. We show how data on time allocations, health shocks and corresponding treatment choices can be …-specific complementarities. -- Intra-household allocation ; health shocks ; complementarity …
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force participation on obesity status. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and replicate labor …
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