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utility (depending on wealth and health), we show that the presence of a well-known (no ambiguity) additive risk of …In this paper, we analyze the choice of primary prevention made by individuals who bear a risk of being in bad health … ambiguity aversion increases prevention if the agent is a correlation lover (u12 > 0). We also show that full (partial …
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This paper studies redistribution by means of a public supply of medical treatment. We show that the government can redistribute income towards low-ability individuals in a world of asymmetric information by offering bundles of medical treatment and redistributive payment. If self-selection is a...
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This paper estimates the causal effect of perceived job insecurity - i.e. the fear of involuntary job loss - on health … potential endogeneity of job insecurity is not accounted for, the latter appears to deteriorate almost all health outcomes. When … tackling the endogeneity issue by estimating an IV model and dealing with potential weak-instrument issues, the health …
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We investigate the role of social norms in accounting for differences in self-reported health as reported by men and … worse health than men, whatever the health outcome we consider – i.e. general self-assessed health but also more specific … workplace environment and study how the latter affects self-reported health for men and women separately. Our findings indicate …
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is to some extent countered by an increase in the share receiving unemployment insurance benefits, indicating that …
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High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human … population health measured by infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, and the prevalence of undernourishment. We find that … rising food prices have a significant and adverse effect on all three health indicators in developing countries. Furthermore …
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life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational … supposed. Major findings: An initial rise in life satisfaction can improve income and health, but not job autonomy. However …
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Using data on American women and the health status of their children, this paper studies the effect of remote work on … female earnings. Instrumental variables estimates, which exploit a temporary child health shock as exogenous variation in the …
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This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health of workers using the German Socio …) cross-sectional causality problems and (b) absence of objective measures of physical health that complement self …-reported measures of health status. Not only does using the panel structure with individual fixed effects mitigate the bias from …
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waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset and construct a health deficit index. Results … from log-linear regressions suggest that, on average, elderly European men and women developed about 20 percent more health … suggesting that health deficits in old age are up to 40 percent higher for children suffering from hunger. The wedge of health …
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