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Using data from the 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey, this study investigates China's income-health gradient by … income-health gradient irrespective of whether the income measure is current or long term. Because risky behavior may … attenuate income's positive effects on health, we also analyze the association between income and such health …
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While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession.Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077311
Using data from the 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey, this study investigates China's income-health gradient by … income-health gradient irrespective of whether the income measure is current or long term. Because risky behavior may … attenuate income's positive effects on health, we also analyze the association between income and such health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011980615
and temporal variation in housing price appreciation linked to individual-level health data in China from 2000 to 2011. We … diseases. This negative health impact is more pronounced among individuals from low-income families, households that purchased … marriage market competition exacerbates these negative health effects, particularly for males and parents with young adult sons …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012426762
In response to observed growing inequalities in income and other dimensions of well-being, including health, the OECD … different socioeconomic groups. This paper links health to the overall inclusive growth agenda. It assesses the two …-way relationship between health and socioeconomic factors. An empirical health production function is specified, using data from 35 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822310
While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814470
show this trend by computing a health deficit index for a panel of 14 European Countries and six waves of the Survey of … Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We find that for each year of later birth, health deficits decline by on … of human aging. For example, the level of health deficits experienced at age 65 by individuals born 1920 is predicted to …
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The risk of mortality in breast cancer among women is a critical health issue worldwide. Scholars argue that breast … cancer mortality rates have decreased in many advanced countries overall. How-ever, about 50% of world population in 2017 was … in poor and developing countries (more than 3,652 million with 50.24% female) and breast cancer mortality rates differ …
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endogenous health-based spatial sorting of involved agents and data limitations on out-of-hospital mortality. Using policy … health care sector, and data on all AMI deaths in Sweden over two decades, estimation results show a clear robust and … distance from a hospital. The results further show that spatial sorting and sample selection from out-of-hospital mortality are …
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services, thereby increasing vulnerability to poor health outcomes. To quantify deprivation for each slum, we construct a basic … services deprivation score (BSDS), which includes variables that affect health, such as access to piped water, latrines, solid … waste disposal, schools, and health centers. In a regression analysis, we find a robust association between non …
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