Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic … for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

. Exploiting over 40 million individual observations on health and mortality, we find that import had a detrimental effect on …This paper assesses the effect of import competition on the labor market and health outcomes of US workers. We first … physical and mental health that is concentrated in those areas and exhibits strong persistence. It decreased health care …

Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic … for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

We estimate the effect of additional pension income on mortality outcomes by exploring the eli- gibility criteria of a … both mental and physical health. In addition, individuals feel less financially constrained and are more optimistic about …

Commission proposes a production function methodology that involves the estimation of two classes of Gaussian state space models … unobserved component models and offers frequentist as well as Bayesian estimation techniques. Additional functionalities include … preparation, model specification, and estimation processes using RGAP. …