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Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence on educational and health outcomes

Coneus, Katja; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2011

In this paper, we examine how orphanhood affects children's educational and health outcomes in eleven sub-Saharan African countries. Our analysis is based on a comparison of orphans and non-orphaned children living under the same conditions. We also examine the impacts of various family...

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Estimation of a Health Production Function: Evidence from East-European Countries.

Fayissa, Bichaka; Traian, Anca - Economics and Finance Department, Jennings A. Jones … - 2011

The purpose of this study is to estimate a health production function for the 13 East European countries including Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Using panel data from 1997 to 2005 on a diverse...

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Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence on educational and health outcomes

Coneus, Katja; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

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The Impact of Education on Health Status: Evidence from Longitudinal Survey Data.

Fayissa, Bichaka; Danyal, Shah; Butler, J.S. - Economics and Finance Department, Jennings A. Jones … - 2011

Using the NLSY79 panel data set from 1979-2006 for a cross-section of 12,686 individuals, this paper investigates the effect of educational attainment on the health status of an individual as measured by “the inability to work for health reasons.” The present study bridges the gap in the...

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The Relationship Between Well-Being and Commuting Re-Visited: Does the Choice of Methodology Matter?

Dickerson, Andy; Hole, Arne Risa; Munford, Luke - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2012

This paper provides an assessment of a range of alternative estimators for fixed-effects ordered models in the context of estimating the relationship between sub- jective well-being and commuting behaviour. In contrast to previous papers in the literature we find no evidence that longer commutes...

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The relationship between well-being and commuting revisited: Does the choice of methodology matter?

Dickerson, Andy; Hole, Arne Risa; Munford, Luke A. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 49 (2014) C, pp. 321-329

This paper provides an assessment of a range of alternative estimators for fixed-effects ordered models in the context of estimating the relationship between subjective well-being and commuting behaviour. In contrast to previous papers in the literature we find no evidence that longer commutes...

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The effect of physical activity on adult obesity : evidence from the Canadian NPHS panel

Sarma, Sisira; Zaric, Gregory S.; Campbell, M. Karen; … - In: Economics and human biology 14 (2014), pp. 1-21

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The effect of physical activity on adult obesity: Evidence from the Canadian NPHS panel

Sarma, Sisira; Zaric, Gregory S.; Campbell, M. Karen; … - In: Economics & Human Biology 14 (2014) C, pp. 1-21

Although physical activity has been considered as an important modifiable risk factor for obesity, the empirical … evidence on the relationship between physical activity and obesity is mixed. Observational studies in the public health … the effect of physical activity on obesity. To overcome this limitation, we propose dynamic fixed-effects models to …

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Medical Cannabis Availability and Mental Health : Evidence From New York's Medical Cannabis Program

Drake, Coleman; Nagy, Dylan; Slusky, David; Eisenberg, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Evidence on cannabis legalization's effects on mental health remains scarce, despite both rapid increases in cannabis use and an ongoing mental health crisis in the United States. We use granular geographic data to estimate medical cannabis dispensary availability's effects on self-reported...

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Broadband Internet Access, Economic Growth, and Wellbeing

Johnson, Kathryn R.; Persico, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Between 2000 and 2008, access to high-speed, broadband internet grew significantly in the United States, but there is debate on whether access to high-speed internet improves or harms wellbeing. We find that a ten percent increase in the proportion of county residents with access to broadband...

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