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Do people form correct expectations about the impact of retirement on their health? This paper looks at unexpected … health shocks that hit people after they retire. Using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia … survey (waves 2001-2014), we construct measures of unexpected health shocks for each year, using information on respondents …
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find a quarter of students violated the order. Yet, neither risk preference, altruism, nor preexisting health conditions …-existing health conditions may not voluntarily comply, resulting in higher health care congestion than otherwise expected. …
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263327
Past research has provided evidence of the role of personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few researches examined jointly the impact of each characteristic and whether country attributes change the probability of being depressed. This is due to the use of...
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Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less … educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …
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-friendly behavior, and health status, including addictive behavior. Most importantly, we show that dropping prudence and temperance from …
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, and health status, including addictive behavior. Most importantly, we show that dropping prudence and temperance from the …
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-friendly behavior, and health status, including addictive behavior. Most importantly, we show that dropping prudence and temperance from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270691
-friendly behavior, and health status, including addictive behavior. Most importantly, we show that dropping prudence and temperance from …
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