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Using panel data extracted from wave 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, this … paper investigates the impact of unemployment on health outcomes of the European elderly during the period 2004 to 2015 … from the models using a dummy for unemployment show significant impacts on self-rated health, chronic disease, and mental …
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We estimate impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention trialled in Sweden in the early 1930s using … childhood health and cognitive skills at ages 7 and 10, educational and occupational choice at age 16-20, employment, earnings …
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mental health. Fixed-effects models indicate that, overall, retiring reduces retirees' depression. When instrumental …In this study, using panel data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we investigate the … levels of depression of European adults around the time of retirement. Fixed-effect models are employed to control for …
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The well known Preston Curve shows relationship between per capita output and health achievements. What role does … government policy play in the alleviation of poverty? …
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program targeted to schistosomiasis in China to identify the long-term impacts of early-life health on adult outcomes. We find …
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This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...
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Exploiting the Indonesian Family Life Survey, this paper studies the transition of socioeconomic related disparity of excess weight, including overweight and obesity, from 1993 to 2014. First, we show that the proportions of overweight and obese people in Indonesia increased rapidly during the...
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We implement a mixed method approach that combines a randomized controlled trial and qualitative data collection to assess whether, and if so how, behavioural change can be sustained. We do so in the context of Pakistan’s national sanitation strategy to combat open defecation, Community-Led...
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This chapter addresses the interface between health and intellectual property (IP). The chapter provides an … introduction to the forms of IP principally as they relate to health products, and describes the international legal framework in … marketing of health products, mainly focusing on the pharmaceutical sector. It discusses various public policy issues associated …
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While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing...
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