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We show that ordinary appointments can act as effective substitutes for hard commitment devices and increase demand for a critical healthcare service, particularly among those with self-control problems. We show this using an experiment that randomly offered HIV testing appointments and hard...
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Based on the sample of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we investigate the … formation of health capital and the role played by genetic endowments, parental SES, and education. To measure genetic … health and health behaviors for subjects with high parental socioeconomic status (SES). These effects are only partially …
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. The negative effect at low levels of schooling may be due to lower average health among marginal surviving children or a … greater propensity to complete secondary school on the other hand may be due to improved health among children who are farther …
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This paper examines the effects of education on health and hospitalization over the life cycle. Using administrative … showing that these effects vary heterogeneously over the life-cycle – with the largest health improvements occurring among men …
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Heute sind die Menschen gesünder, wohlhabender und sie leben länger als früher. Einem Teil der Menschheit ist "Der Grosse Ausbruch" aus Armut, Not, Krankheit und Entbehrung in Freiheit, Bildung, Demokratie und eine freie globale Weltwirtschaft gelungen. Dennoch nimmt die Ungleichheit zwischen...
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