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This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815-2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical...
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science research on various health conditions in developing countries are likely to be relatively high. Based on this … framework, we argue that the relative current and future predicted prevalence of burdens of different health/disease conditions … related to the relative marginal social benefits of demographic and social science research on different health conditions …
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agricultural education at basic and secondary level to the workers. It is also concluded that health facilities should be provided …-employment. Moreover, educational attainment and good health variables have also significant and positive influence on workers’ decision to …
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occupational status is related to the health transitions of 30 to 59 year-old U.S. males. A recent history of blue …-collar employment predicts a substantial increase in the probability of transitioning from very good into bad self-assessed health …, relative to white-collar employment, but with no evidence of occupational differences in movements from bad to very good health …
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, mainly in low-income countries, with girls suffering more adverse health effects than boys. These impacts underscore the need …
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The presentation outlines the 22 years of Brazilian experience in of evolving a comprehensive health care strategy …
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to look at one dimension in particular, health, and to answer two distinct but linked questions. How does openness affect … government spending? What are the true determinants behind public health spending? The paper finds a positive relationship … education in government spending allocation and are, therefore, spending more than proportionately on healthcare than they are …
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This paper formulates an empirical methodology that evaluates pharmaceutical innovation in the American antidepressant market by quantifying patient welfare benefits from innovation. While evaluating pharmaceutical innovation in antidepressants, I uncover and address the moral hazard issue that...
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Pharmaceutical markets are characterized by a high degree of innovation, complexity and uncertainty, especially markets of idiosyncratic symptomatolgy and response to treatment such as the antidepressant market. It may, therefore, be unreasonable to assume that consumers are aware of all...
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In this paper we study the relationship between individual happiness and self reported health status, using the … Religion, Health and Young Emancipation ISSP survey for Uruguay in 2008. Probit estimates suggests that health status has the … matching methods. Results show that reporting a good health rises the probability of being happy between 18 an 29 percentage …
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