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detrimental behavioral responses. We explore this idea in the context of endogenous health and aging. We integrate physiological … state of health affects health spending, life expectancy, and the value of life. In counterfactual computational experiments … lifetime utility, health investments, and longevity. We then use the model to contribute to the literature on information …
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While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing...
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This paper examines the effect of two different soda taxes on consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children … in Europe: Hungary imposed a Public Health Product Tax (PHPT) on several unhealthy products in 2011. France introduced …
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This paper examines the effect of soda taxes on the consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children in Europe …: Hungary imposed a "Public Health Product Tax" on several unhealthy products including sodas in 2011. France introduced solely …
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exogenous instruments of fertility. The results show strong impact of children on preventing old parents from strenuous works at ….8 percentage points. Such impact is especially strong among the more vulnerable elder parents with worse health and little pension … sizes and compelling old parents in bad health to continue working. …
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age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for … phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age …. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect …
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cost-effective way to reduce these costs for firms and public health institutions, but low take-up rates, particularly of … manipulating incentives to participate in this health intervention allows us to study peer effects with organizational data and to … individual take-up significantly. Contrary to the company’s expectations, we find that the effect of vaccination on health …
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