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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine
Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In the past century, more people have perished from famine than from the two World Wars combined. Many more were exposed to famine and survived. Yet we know almost nothing about the long run impact of famine on these survivors. This paper addresses this question by estimating the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761685
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Educational Consequences of a Sibling's Disability: Evidence from Type 1 Diabetes
Eriksen, Tine Louise Mundbjerg; Gaulke, Amanda; … - 2023
Danish administrative data and variation in the onset of type 1 diabetes to compare education outcomes of focal children with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296732
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Long-Term Health Effects on the Next Generation of Ramadan Fasting During Pregnancy
Ewijk, Reyn van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
Each year, many pregnant women fast from dawn to sunset during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Medical theory suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder (2008), and using Indonesian crosssectional data, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256489
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Educational consequences of a sibling's disability : evidence from type 1 diabetes
Eriksen, Tine Louise Mundbjerg; Gaulke, Amanda P.; … - 2023
Danish administrative data and variation in the onset of type 1 diabetes to compare education outcomes of focal children with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229787
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Long-term health effects on the next generation of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy
van Ewijk, Reyn - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Each year, many pregnant women fast from dawn to sunset during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Medical theory suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder (2008), and using Indonesian crosssectional data, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746478
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Do Occupational Demands Explain the Educational Gradient in Health?
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte; Künn-Nelen, Annemarie - 2014
education and health. We concentrate on ergonomic, environmental, psychical, social and time demands. Merging the German … dataset to analyze the mediating role of occupational demands in the relationship between education and health status on the … one hand and education and health behavior (BMI and smoking) on the other. We base our analyses on the entire working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333305
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The Impact of Poor Health on Education: New Evidence Using Genetic Markers
Ding, Weili; Lehrer, Steven; Rosenquist, J. Niles; … - 2006
This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. To account for the endogeneity of health outcomes and their interactions with risky behaviors we exploit natural variation within a set of genetic markers across individuals. We present strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940664
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Opting out from public services and the social contract in Latin America
De La O, Ana L.; Rossel Odriozola, Cecilia; Manzi, Pilar - 2023
private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin … America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the use of private education and private health insurance in selected … with some nuances. Wealthy households are mostly opting out of the public education system, and the middle-class is split …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014564115
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Does aid improve public service delivery?
Wolf, Susanna - 2007
equation model, this paper provides an analysis of the effects of the volume and volatility of aid on education, health, water … for education and health seems to have a positive impact on the outcomes in these sectors, whereas total aid seems to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284741
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Do occupational demands explain the educational gradient in health?
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte; Künn-Nelen, Annemarie - 2014
education and health. We concentrate on ergonomic, environmental, psychical, social and time demands. Merging the German … dataset to analyze the mediating role of occupational demands in the relationship between education and health status on the … one hand and education and health behavior (BMI and smoking) on the other. We base our analyses on the entire working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252607