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Empirical essays in the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation

Reinkowski, Janina - 2013

Arbeitsangebot von Großeltern. Kapitel 2 betrachtet den Effekt von Enkelbetreuung auf die Gesundheit von Großeltern. Kapitel 3 …

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Komplement, sicher und gesund - Arbeiten in Hessen: Führung im Fokus

Freigang-Bauer, Ingra; Back, Brigitte B. - Rationalisierungs- und Innovationszentrum der Deutschen … - 2006

Der hessische RKW Arbeitskreis "Gesundheit im Betrieb" arbeitet seit über 10 Jahren zusammen, um das Thema Gesundheit … Umsetzung der Aufgabe "Sicherheit und Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt" zu überzeugen. Unsere Botschaft lautet: Gesundheit ist die … Voraussetzung für die produktive Arbeit... …

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Understanding socio-economic inequalities in childhood respiratory health

Propper, Carol; Rigg, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Recent evidence hasshown a socio-economic gradient in its distribution. This paper examineswhether a number of factors argued to have led to a rise in the incidence ofasthma might also explain the social gradient. Several of these have been...

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The Impact of Low Income on Child Health: Evidencefrom a Birth Cohort Study

Burgess, Simon M.; Propper, Carol; Rigg, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

There is a growing literature that shows that higher family income is associatedwith better health for children. Wealthier parents may have more advantagedchildren because they have more income to buy health care or because parentalwealth is associated with beneficial behaviours or because...

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Heterogeneity, State Dependence and Health

Halliday, Timothy - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We investigate the evolution of health over the life-cycle. We allow for two sources of persistence: unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence. Estimation indicates that there is a large degree of heterogeneity. For half the population, there are modest degrees of state dependence...

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Identifying the Effects of Food Stamps on Child Health Outcomes When Participation is Endogenous and Misreported

Kreider, Brent; Pepper, John; Gundersen, Craig; … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009

The literature assessing the efficacy of the Food Stamp Program, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), has long puzzled over positive associations between food stamp receipt and various undesirable health outcomes such as food insecurity. Assessing the impact of food...

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Subjective Health Assessments and Active LaborMarket Participation of Older Men: Evidence froma Semiparametric Binary Choice Model withNonadditive Correlated Individual-Specific Ef...

Maurer, Jürgen; Klein, Roger; Vella, Francis - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

limitations on active labor market participation of men aroundretirement age. Self-assessments of health and functioning typically … introduce anendogeneity bias when studying the effects of health on labor market participation. Thisresults from justification … bias, reflecting an individuals tendency to provide answers which"justify" his labor market activity, and individual …

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2014 Facts and Findings

Mathematica Policy Research; Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

Highlights of some of our work released in 2014,which can offer valuable policy guidance for decision makers in the face of complexity.

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Does Corruption Affect Health and Education Outcomes in the Philippines?

Azfar, Omar; Gurgur, Tugrul - 2009

We examine the effect of corruption in municipal governments on health and education outcomes in the Philippines. We find that corruption lowers the immunization rate of children, delays the vaccination of newborns, prevents the treatment of patients, discourages the use of public health...

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Infections, Accidents and Nursing Overtime in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Bayesian Semiparametric Panel Data Logit Model

Beltempo, Marc; Bresson, Georges; Etienne, Jean-Michel; … - 2020

The paper investigates the effects of nursing overtime on nosocomial infections and medical accidents in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The literature lacks clear evidence on this issue and we conjecture that this may be due to empirical and methodological factors. We thus focus on a...

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