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-term health status as measured by body height, children who lose their same-sex parent before teenage years are hit hardest …. Regarding years of formal education attained in young adulthood, boys whose fathers die before adolescence suffer the most …
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education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run effects. We use individual records of Swedish birth cohorts from 1915 … direct biological mechanisms. We do not find evidence of indirect pathways through ability or education, and the long …-run effects are not mitigated by education. …
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education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run effects. We use individual records of Swedish birth cohorts from 1915 … direct biological mechanisms. We do not find evidence of indirect pathways through ability or education, and the long …-run effects are not mitigated by education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695870
We examine the relationship between contemporaneous fine particulate matter exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind direction, we show that arguably exogenous fluctuations in...
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We examine the relationship between contemporaneous fine particulate matter exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind direction, we show that arguably exogenous fluctuations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012298669
designated areas and have been shown to improve population health. Little is known about the effects of driving restriction …
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designated areas and have been shown to improve population health. Little is known about the effects of driving restriction …
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Seasonal pollen allergies affect approximately 1 in 5 school age children. Clinical research has established that these allergies result in large and consistent decrements in cognitive functioning, problem solving ability and speed, focus and energy. However, compared to air pollution, the...
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. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error … across education. We test this hypothesis using data from the pooled National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES … health disparities across education that average 19.3%. …
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Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care … are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …
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