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The associations between early life circumstances and later life health and employment in the Netherlands and Spain
Flores, M.; Kalwij, A.S. - School of Economics, Universiteit Utrecht - 2012
Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018060
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Relationship between education, health and crime: fable, fallacy or fact
Qadri, Faisal Sultan; Kadri, Adeel Sultan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
inflation, unemployment, investment, education and health are examined through an annual data set from 1980 to 2007. To test the …. Results show that education and health have a positive and significant relationship with most of the criminal activities in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019732
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Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health
Fiorillo, D; Sabatini, F - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2011
The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of … social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this … best predictor of health. We point out the existence of health disparities based on socio-economic status. Poorer and less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019870
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An exploratory analysis of the relationship between social interactions, income and health in Italy
Fiorillo, Damiano; Sabatini, Fabio - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 2, pp. 1336-1352
This paper carries out an exploratory investigation into the effect of various types of social interaction on health in … that the frequency of meetings with friends is significantly and positively associated with self-perceived health. The … and weakly negative predictor of good health. Other relevant explanatory variables are education and work status. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020016
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Malaria and National Income: Examining a Two Way Causal Relationship
Datta, Saurabh; Reimer, Jeffrey J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Simple plots of data show that malaria has a negative correlation with national income per capita, whether looking across countries at a point in time, or looking at a single country over time. Some countries have been able to move from an equilibrium characterized by low income and high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020260
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A Comparison of Methodologies for Valuing Decreased Health Effects from Wildfire Smoke
Richardson, Leslie; Loomis, John B.; Champ, Patricia A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
of the health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke using a simple cost of illness approach and for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020478
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Do Large Firms with More Technologies Pay More?
Yu, Li; Ji, Yongjie - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
health and more job security, in which large farms and technologically advanced farms have advantages. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020753
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Agricultural efficiency, malaria incidence and health expenses among Ugandan farmers
Ulimwengu, John M.; Badiane, Ousmane - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
The importance of health in promoting economic development has been forcefully stated by the World Health Organization …’s Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. In this paper, we look at the impact of own household health expenses on malaria … health production function is used to estimate the impact of malaria incidence on agricultural efficiency. Data come from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020902
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A Non-Hypothetical and Incentive Compatible Method for Estimating Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for a Novel Functional Food: The Case of Pomegranates
McAdams, Callie P.; Palma, Marco A.; Ishdorj, Ariun; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
providing additional information on the health benefits of the products. Ready-to-eat and juice products were preferred to whole …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021148
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Food Prices and Blood Cholesterol
Rahkovsky, Ilya; Gregory, Christian A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) cost Americans hundreds in billions of dollars. High cholesterol levels, which are closely related to diet habits, are a major contributor to CVD. In this paper we study whether changes in food prices are related to cholesterol levels and whether taxes or subsidies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021541