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paper also addresses the channels through which the conflict has affected health and nutrition. The results have not only …
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relationship between marriage and health for working-age (20 to 64) individuals. In both data sets married agents are healthier … than unmarried ones, and the health gap between married and unmarried agents widens by age. After controlling for … observables, a gap of about 12 percentage points in self-reported health persists for ages 55-59. We estimate the marriage health …
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We study the health effects of the spread of democratic institutions and the extension of voting rights in 15 European … and contestation in reducing inequality and expanding health insurance coverage …
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There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local … authorities had levels of PM2.5 where exposure exceeded the annual level recommended by the World Health Organisation at the time … reducing pollution remains an urgent public health priority, our results imply that improvements in short-run levels of …
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There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local … authorities had levels of PM2.5 where exposure exceeded the annual level recommended by the World Health Organisation at the time … pollution remains an urgent public health priority, our results imply that improvements in short-run levels of prenatal PM2 …
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In this chapter, we first discuss the history of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) network of surveys and how its … research. Such opportunities are ample and diverse, ranging from frailty and financial abuse to health care arrangements in the …
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Using data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe, this paper provides empirical evidence for the … Netherlands and Spain on the associations between individuals' early life circumstances - measured by health and socioeconomic … status (SES) during childhood - educational attainment, and later life health and employment (at ages 50-64). We find that …
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health perceptions in Latin America and the Caribbean, comparing them with perceptions in other regions. As suggested by … previous literature, cross-national comparisons of health satisfaction may be at odds with objective health indicators, with … tolerance of their health limitations than other groups. Other factors influencing perceptions include gender, age and the …
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We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
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We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 …
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