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Toxic Chemical Releases, Health Effects, and Productivity Losses in the United States
Ho, Chau-Sa; Hite, Diane - 2008
combine data from the National Health Interview Survey with data from US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release … Inventory, using an instrumental variable approach to control for endogeneity of subjective binary health status. We find that … increases and that work days lost increase at an increasing rate with the decreased health status …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217781
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The value of a healthy home : lead paint remediation and housing values
Billings, Stephen B.; Schnepel, Kevin T. - 2017
value to households of avoiding this residence-specific environmental health risk. In this paper, we estimate the benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703979
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Health vulnerability versus economic resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic : global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Diop, Samba; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020
-Pacific and the Middle East, America and Europe. The study develops a health vulnerability index (HVI) and leverages on an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301761
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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...
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COVID-19 mortality and contemporaneous air pollution
Austin, Wes; Carattini, Stefano; Gomez Mahecha, John; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500582
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COVID-19 mortality and contemporaneous air pollution
Austin, Wes; Carattini, Stefano; Mahecha, John Gomez; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390028
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Economic shocks, health, and social protection : the effect of COVID-19 income shocks on health and mitigation through cash transfers in South Africa
Ohrnberger, Julius - In: Health economics 31 (2022) 11, pp. 2481-2498
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The Health Consequences of Weak Regulation : Evidence from Excess Emissions in Texas
Hollingsworth, Alex - 2019
Excess emissions are air pollution releases that exceed permitted levels and occur during facility start-ups, shutdowns, or malfunctions. While they are violations of the federal Clean Air Act, states have historically granted violating facilities automatic exemptions; limiting enforcement and...
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The Nonlinear Effects of Air Pollution on Health : Evidence from Wildfire Smoke
Miller, Nolan; Molitor, David; Zou, Eric Yongchen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We estimate how acute air pollution exposure from wildfire smoke impacts human health in the U.S., allowing for …. Smaller pollution shocks have outsized health impacts, indicating significant health benefits from improving air quality, even …
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Healthy vs. unhealthy food : a strategic choice for firms and consumers
Antoñanzas Villar, Fernando; Rodríguez-Ibeas, Roberto - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 4, pp. 1-8
they market when they face consumers who care about the healthy/unhealthy attributes of the product but incur in emotional/health … that produces the unhealthy food charges a higher price and obtains a larger share of the market unless the emotional/health …
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