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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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Long-term effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health: Evidence from colonial Taiwan
Chang, Simon; Fleisher, Belton M.; Kim, Seonghoon; Liu, … - 2011
We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting … variations in malaria exposure risk around birth that resulted from a universal malaria eradication campaign in colonial Taiwan … in the early 20th century. We find that malaria exposure around birth leads to lower life-time educational attainment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278381
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Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322424
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Long-term Effects of Early Childhood Malaria Exposure on Education and Health: Evidence from Colonial Taiwan
Chang, Simon; Fleisher, Belton M.; Kim, Seonghoon; Liu, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting … variations in malaria exposure risk around birth that resulted from a universal malaria eradication campaign in colonial Taiwan … in the early 20th century. We find that malaria exposure around birth leads to lower life-time educational attainment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855348
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Economic Activity and the Spread of Viral Diseases: Evidence from High Frequency Data
Adda, Jérôme - 2015
Viruses are a major threat to human health, and - given that they spread through social interactions - represent a costly externality. This paper addresses three main issues: i) what are the unintended consequences of economic activity on the spread of infections? ii) how efficient are measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345383
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Economic activity and the spread of viral diseases : evidence from high frequency data
Adda, Jérôme - 2015 - Forthcoming in: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Viruses are a major threat to human health, and - given that they spread through social interactions - represent a costly externality. This paper addresses three main issues: i) what are the unintended consequences of economic activity on the spread of infections? ii) how efficient are measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333557
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Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments? Malaria control policies in Eritrea
Carneiro, Pedro; Locatelli, Andrea; Ghebremeskel, Tewolde; … - 2012
malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282319
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Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea
Carneiro, Pedro; Locatelli, Andrea; Ghebremeskel, Tewolde; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839294
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Is the quantity-quality trade-off a trade-off for all, none, or some?
Millimet, Daniel L.; Wang, Le - 2009
Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269179
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Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-off a Trade-off for All, None, or Some?
Millimet, Daniel L.; Wang, Le - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship − particularly on child health − is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses the quantity-quality trade-off across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999935