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malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. … and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of …
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malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. … and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839294
effects. Findings suggest that consumers demand information from experts according to the trade-offs they face when making …
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effects. Findings suggest that consumers demand information from experts according to the trade-offs they face when making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709785
Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011964836
Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956918
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
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Provincial and state-level analyses are conducted using panel data sets for Argentina and Mexico to assess the efficiency of provinces and states in improving health and education outcomes. Stochastic frontier estimation methods are used to determine optimal outcomes that could be reached with...
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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
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322424