A tale of lockdown policies on the transmission of COVID-19 within and between Chinese cities: A study based on heterogeneous treatment effect [0.03%]
疫情期间管控政策对城市内部及城市之间COVID-19传播影响的研究——基于异质性处理效应分析的方法
Jingjing Li,Chu Zhuang,Wei Zou
Jingjing Li
During the early outbreak phase of COVID-19 in China, lockdowns prevailed as the only available policy tools to mitigate the spread of infection. To evaluate the impact of lockdown policies in the context of the first phase of COVID-19 pand...
Occupational differences in the effects of retirement on hospitalizations for mental illness among female workers: Evidence from administrative data in China [0.03%]
退休对女性工人住院治疗精神疾病影响的职业差异—来自中国行政数据的证据
Tianyu Wang,Ruochen Sun,Jody L Sindelar et al.
Tianyu Wang et al.
Retirement, a major transition in the life course, may affect many aspects of retirees' well-being, including health and health care utilization. Leveraging differential statutory retirement age (SRA) by occupation for China's urban female ...
Rational self-medication [0.03%]
理性的自我治疗
Michael E Darden,Nicholas W Papageorge
Michael E Darden
We develop a model of rational self-medication in which individuals use potentially dangerous or addictive substances (e.g., alcohol) to manage symptoms of illness (e.g., depression) outside of formal medical care. A model implication is th...
Dirk Foremny,Pilar Sorribas-Navarro,Judit Vall Castelló
Dirk Foremny
This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health by providing novel evidence of its interaction with labor market conditions and the long-term persistence of these effects. We run four waves o...
Peer effects in weight-related behaviours of young people: A systematic literature review [0.03%]
年轻人体重相关行为中的同伴效应：系统文献回顾
Nathalie Müller,Francesco Fallucchi,Marc Suhrcke
Nathalie Müller
Individual preferences and beliefs are perpetually shaped by environmental influences, with peers playing a key role in this dynamic process. Compelling evidence from qualitative and quantitative studies has highlighted the significant impa...
The illness trap: The impact of disability benefits on willingness to receive HCV treatment [0.03%]
疾病陷阱：残疾补助对丙肝治疗意愿的影响
Marta Giachello,Lucia Leporatti,Rosella Levaggi et al.
Marta Giachello et al.
Health care is assumed to be a primary good, implying that patients should always demand or accept treatments that may enhance their life expectancy and quality of life, especially if the risks associated with the treatment are low. We argu...
Assessing the effectiveness of international government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic [0.03%]
评估各国政府对COVID-19大流行的应对效果
Héctor López-Mendoza,María A González-Álvarez,Antonio Montañés
Héctor López-Mendoza
This paper examines the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical measures adopted by governments to control the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a Panel VAR model for the OECD countries, we test for Granger causality between the 7-day c...
Arjita Chandna,Priya Bhagowalia
Arjita Chandna
India has a high prevalence of stunting among children under five years of age, despite marginal improvement over the years. In 2019-21, 35.5 per cent of children below five years were stunted (National Family Health Survey (NFHS), 2019-21)...
Anastasia Arabadzhyan,Katja Grašič,Peter Sivey
Anastasia Arabadzhyan
During the COVID-19 pandemic there was a period of high excess deaths from cancer at home as opposed to in hospitals or in care homes. In this paper we aim to explore whether healthcare utilisation trajectories of cancer patients in the fin...
Fertility and immigration: Do immigrant mothers hand down their fertility pattern to the next generation? Evidence from Norway [0.03%]
生育率与移民：移民的母亲是否将其生育模式传递给下一代？来自挪威的证据
Jostein Grytten,Irene Skau,Rune Sørensen
Jostein Grytten
We examined whether the fertility pattern of immigrant mothers is handed down to the next generation. Our analyses were carried out on population register data. These data contained information on all immigrants to Norway from 123 countries...