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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality : evidence from a modern-day prohibition

Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D.H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022

This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...

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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...

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Covid-19 and technology

Caselli, Mauro; Fracasso, Andrea - 2021

COVID-19 and the adoption of technologies in various sectors of the economy, ranging from health care facilities to …

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The effects of an increase in the retirement age on health - evidence from administrative data

Barschkett, Mara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; … - 2021

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …-dimensionality in these health effects. The empirical findings reflect the multi-dimensionality but allow for deriving two broader …

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The impact of Covid-19 on populism : will it be weakened?

Bayerlein, Michael; Gyöngyösi, Győző - In: The world economy after the coronavirus shock : …, (pp. 90-96). 2020

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Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19

Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020

We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...

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Shoeing the children : the impact of the TOMS shoe donation program in rural El Salvador

Wydick, Bruce; Katz, Elizabeth G.; Calvo, Flor; … - In: The World Bank economic review 32 (2018) 3, pp. 727-751

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The long-run effect of aid on health : evidence from panel cointegration analysis

Herzer, Dierk - In: Applied economics 51 (2019) 12, pp. 1319-1338

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Deregulation in a time of pandemic : does pollution increase coronavirus cases or deaths?

Persico, Claudia; Johnson, Kathryn R. - 2020

The COVID-19 virus, also known as the coronavirus, is currently spreading around the world. While a growing literature suggests that exposure to pollution can cause respiratory illness and increase deaths among the elderly, little is known about whether increases in pollution could cause...

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Subsidizing the spread of Covid19 : evidence from the UK's eat-out to-help-out scheme

Fetzer, Thiemo - 2020

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