Gender differences in the duration of sick leave: Economics or biology? [0.03%]
请病假时间的性别差异：经济学原因还是生物学原因？
Ángel L Martín-Román,Alfonso Moral,Sara Pinillos-Franco
Ángel L Martín-Román
This study addresses the gender gap in workplace sick leave duration, focusing on the underlying economic and biological factors that contribute to this disparity. Using a novel methodological approach, we combine the stochastic frontier te...
Female heights and sexual dimorphism in Argentina: Data from inmates of a Buenos Aires prison, 1865-1952 [0.03%]
阿根廷女性身高及其性别二态性：来自布宜诺斯艾利斯监狱的数据，1865-1952年
Ricardo D Salvatore
Ricardo D Salvatore
This contribution examines new data on female heights extracted from records of a female prison near La Plata, Argentina. The data provides insights about the net-nutrition condition of lower-class women in Buenos Aires, Argentina's wealthi...
Telecare and elderly mortality: Evidence from Italian municipalities [0.03%]
远程照护与老年人死亡率：来自意大利各市镇的证据
Nicola Matteucci,Matteo Picchio,Raffaella Santolini et al.
Nicola Matteucci et al.
The growing ageing of the population in developed economies has necessitated the progressive use of advanced information and communication technologies for the home care of elderly individuals. The effect of these technologies on elderly he...
Govert E Bijwaard
Govert E Bijwaard
This paper investigates how severe mental problems (mental hospitalisation) affects mortality for males. We account for the selection into mental hospitalisation (both admittance and discharge) by using a correlated multistate model for the...
The impact of prescription drug monitoring programs on functional health [0.03%]
有关处方药物管理项目对功能健康影响的研究
Anca M Cotet-Grecu,Danielle Zanzalari
Anca M Cotet-Grecu
In the United States, policy responses to the opioid epidemic shifted opioid prescribing patterns. Such changes may have far-reaching implications beyond opioid misuse, raising concerns of impaired access to effective pain management. Unlik...
Chenxuan Chen,Qi Wang
Chenxuan Chen
Obesity rates have surged in recent years, particularly in developing countries, yet key drivers remain inadequately understood. We identify short videos as a novel and significant determinant of obesity. We use China Family Panel Studies (...
Self-employment, health, and health care: When the going gets tough, the tough gets going? [0.03%]
自雇、健康与医疗保障：在艰难时刻，特立独行者会变得更强吗？
Clémentine Garrouste,Alain Paraponaris,Nicolas Sirven
Clémentine Garrouste
This study provides a life-course analysis of the relationship between self-employment, health, and health care use among individuals aged 50 and older in Europe. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE...
In the shadow of a pandemic: Informality and COVID-19 diffusion in Europe [0.03%]
新冠疫情下的欧洲非正规就业问题及其应对措施研究
Vincenzo Alfano
Vincenzo Alfano
This article investigates whether the shadow economy influenced the diffusion of COVID-19 during the first wave in Europe. Using a hybrid econometric model and data from 26 European countries, we test the hypothesis that larger informal sec...
Tallys Kalynka Feldens,Victor Rodrigues de Oliveira
Tallys Kalynka Feldens
Background: Newborn health effects from climate change are a serious threat to the future generations. However, little is known about its estimates for Brazil, a country which still struggles with deep inequalities and po...
Corrigendum to "The impact of Long-term Care Insurance on household income inequality: Evidence from China" [Econ. Hum. Biol. 59 (2025) 101519] [0.03%]
关于“长期护理保险对中国家庭收入不平等的影响：来自中国的证据”的勘误修正[Econ.Hum.Biol.59(2025)101519]
Yuanyuan Chi,Qiang Zhang
Yuanyuan Chi
Published Erratum
Economics and human biology. 2025 Dec 9:101549. DOI:10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101549 2025