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Health Status Determinants in the OECD Countries. A Panel Data Approach with Endogenous Regressors.

Pocas, Ana; Soukiazis, Elias - 2010

The purpose of this study is to analyse the determinants of life expectancy as proxy for health status of the OECD countries' population. A production function of health is used to explain expectancy life at birth for total and ageing population and according to gender. Socio-economic factors,...

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Health Effects of Labor Market Policies: Evidence from Drug Prescriptions

Caliendo, Marco - 2019

Comprehensive evidence has shown that unemployment can have adverse effects on an individuals' mental and physical health condition. However little is known about the side effects of governmental policies that aim to promote the unemployed's reintegration into the labor market on the health...

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Retirement and healthcare utilization

Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald - 2018

Pension systems and their reforms are often discussed in the context of financial viability. These debates grow in intensity with the aging of the population in industrialized countries. However, an increase in retirement age may create unintended side effects for retirees' health or healthcare...

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Does a Spoonful of Sugar Levy Help the Calories Go Down? An Analysis of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy

Dickson, Alex; Gehrsitz, Markus; Kemp, Jonathan - 2022

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Mortality and survivors' consumption

Grimm, Michael - 2006

severe impact on household income. Few studies have so fare examined the effects of mortality. The major difference between … illness and mortality shocks is that a death of a household member does not only induce direct costs such as medical and …. Studies so far focused mainly on adult mortality, disregarded the death of other household members and distinguished only …

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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: A Natural Experiment from Power Plant Desulfurization

Lüchinger, Simon - 2010

The paper estimates the effect of SO2 pollution on infant mortality in Germany, 1985-2003. To avoid simultaneity … are comparable across subsamples. Excess mortality mainly accrues in the first month after birth. …

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Alcohol availability and alcohol-attributable mortality: Economic implications following a change in sales policy

Stoppel, Relika - 2020

estimates the effect of reduced alcohol sales hours on alcohol-attributable mortality (AAM) in Estonia. Using novel mortality …

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Risk Selection under Public Health Insurance with Opt-out

Panthöfer, Sebastian - 2015

This paper studies risk selection between public and private health insurance when some individuals can purchase private insurance by opting out of otherwise mandatory public insurance. Using a theoretical model, I show that public insurance is adversely selected when insurers and insureds are...

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Croatian Public Health Governance Model Improvement

Sipina, Nino - 2016

The goal of this paper is to present a management model that is able to restructure and govern the public health system in Croatia. Furthermore, the goal of this model is to stabilise its financial losses and ideally, turn it into a competitive business opportunity. Amoeba Management...

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Opportunities and Obstacles of a Healthy Diet from an Economic and Psychological Aspect

Mihály, Nikolett; Komáromi, Nándor; Lehota, József - 2017

The issue of healthy consumption is an extremely timely topic in today's fast-paced world. One of today's ruling trends is health consciousness and the expansion of the health market. The role of health for consumers has been appreciated. People spend more and more to preserve their health. The...

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