Tamás Hajdu
Tamás Hajdu
This paper examines the effect of temperature on emergency department (ED) visits using administrative data covering 50 % of the Hungarian population and 3.52 million ED visits from 2009 to 2017. The results show that ED visit rates increas...
When the thermometer rises, the scales tip: Extreme temperature exposure and obesity [0.03%]
气温升高,体重增加:极端温度暴露与肥胖的关系
Akwasi Ampofo,Rejoice E A Churchill,Sefa Awaworyi Churchill
Akwasi Ampofo
Obesity is a global public health issue, with over 1.9 billion adults reported to be either overweight or obese. Despite the high financial and health costs associated with obesity, the global prevalence of obesity across all age groups has...
Impacts of a minimum pricing policy on high fat, sugar and sodium (HFSS) foods: Environmental, dietary and welfare analysis [0.03%]
对高脂肪、糖和盐(HFSS)食品最低价格政策的影响:环境、膳食和福利分析
Wisdom Dogbe,Kaizhe Huang,Cesar Revoredo-Giha
Wisdom Dogbe
Foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) are detrimental to people's health, social well-being and the environment. Minimum unit pricing has shown potential to reduce cigarette and alcohol consumption, but it is unpopular in the food and dr...
Individualism and support for COVID-19 government interventions: The moderating role of perceived economic risk [0.03%]
个体主义与新冠肺炎政府干预措施支持度:感知经济风险的调节作用
Ying Jiang,Guikun Yin,Qinglong Shao
Ying Jiang
Individualistic orientations in cultural worldviews significantly influence public attitudes toward government policies. We examine the impact and mechanisms of individualism on support for government interventions, focusing on the economic...
Harder being left behind: Health status of Indian women from migrant households [0.03%]
留守的代价:印度假日工人家庭妇女的健康状况
Sana Tabassum,Chitwan Lalji
Sana Tabassum
Using the two waves (2004-05 and 2011-12) of the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), a nationally representative dataset, we examine the health status of women (using objective health measures such as body mass index (BMI) and incidence ...
More Than a Ban on Smoking? Behavioural Spillovers of Smoking Bans in the Workplace [0.03%]
工作场所禁烟的影响分析:行为溢出效应不容忽视
Joan Costa-Font,Luca Salmasi,Sarah Zaccagni
Joan Costa-Font
We study the potential behavioural spillover effects of a workplace smoking ban (WSB) on a variety of health-related behaviours as well as on people who are not directly impacted by the bans. Drawing on quasi-experimental evidence comparing...
Christopher F Baum,Andrés García-Suaza,Miguel Henry et al.
Christopher F Baum et al.
Since the initial COVID-19 outbreak, researchers from a variety of scientific disciplines have sought to understand the factors influencing the evolution of cases and fatalities worldwide. This study proposes a two-stage econometric modelin...
Links between COVID-19 lockdowns and drug overdose deaths, evidence from panel data [0.03%]
基于面板数据的COVID-19封锁与药物过量死亡之间的联系证据
Yimin Wang
Yimin Wang
This paper studies the impacts of divergent state government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on drug overdose deaths. Using Difference-in-Differences method, I exploit the cross-state variation in the timing of lockdown policies to exami...
The intergenerational association of epigenetic modifications between mothers and offspring, from birth to adolescence [0.03%]
从出生到青春期母亲与后代表观遗传修饰的跨世代关联性研究
Chiara Costi,Giorgia Menta,Giovanni Fiorito et al.
Chiara Costi et al.
Epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation (DNAm), have an important role in human disease development, with early DNAm patterns potentially influencing health outcomes in later life. In this paper, we examine the intergenerational a...
Evaluating the impact of long-term care insurance reform on health-related quality of life and inequality among older adults in China: A quasi-experimental analysis [0.03%]
我国长期护理保险改革对老年人健康相关生活质量及不平等的影响评估:准实验分析
Lin Lin,Min He,Xianhua Zai
Lin Lin
Less is known about whether and to what extent Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) promotes the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of older individuals, a vital health outcome for healthy aging. This study utilizes longitudinal data from CH...