State-led regional development strategy and multidimensional health poverty of the residents: Evidence from the China's great western development program [0.03%]
国家主导的区域发展战略与居民多维健康贫困状况——来自中国西部大开发政策的证据
Yihan Wu,Xingmin Zhang
Yihan Wu
This study systematically examines the impact of China's Great Western Development (GWD) program on residential multidimensional health poverty from an institutional beneficiary perspective. Using macro and micro data, we employ a spatial r...
Obesity And Cash Rewards [0.03%]
肥胖与现金奖励
Boris Augurzky,Thomas K Bauer,Arndt R Reichert et al.
Boris Augurzky et al.
In a multi-phase randomized controlled trial, we examine the impacts of cash rewards of EUR 150 and EUR 300 for reducing body weight on the likelihood of weight loss and weight-related behavioral change among 700 obese individuals. We find ...
Internet use and physical and mental health in old age during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from partners in SHARE [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情期间互联网使用与老年人身心健康关系——来自SHARE夫妻双方的证据
Gianmaria Niccodemi,Alessandra Gaia,Mino Novello et al.
Gianmaria Niccodemi et al.
Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we investigate whether individuals aged 65 and older who were internet users prior to the COVID-19 pandemic experienced better physical and mental health, during...
The effect of New York State's Paid Family and Medical Leave Program on birth outcomes [0.03%]
纽约州带薪家庭和医疗休假计划对出生结果的影响
Katherine Engel,Taryn W Morrissey
Katherine Engel
Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) programs provide material resources and time away from the labor force around the time of a child's birth. Past research indicates that the programs improve maternal and child health and may increase fer...
Bridging the pulse: Exploring inequalities in diabetes and hypertension medication prescriptions in Spain's immigrant and native communities [0.03%]
携手共济：探索西班牙移民社区和本土社区在糖尿病和高血压药物处方上的不平等现象
Luigi Boggian,Joan E Madia,Catia Nicodemo
Luigi Boggian
Migrants often face barriers in accessing high quality healthcare, leading to unequal treatment. This research investigates the disparities in medication utilization for cardiovascular risk factors between immigrant and native-born populati...
Towering Intellects? Sizing up the relationship between height and academic success [0.03%]
智力威势？体型与学业成就之间的关系探究
Stephanie Coffey,Amy Ellen Schwartz
Stephanie Coffey
Do tall students do better in school? A robust literature documents higher earnings among taller people and suggests that differences in adult labor market outcomes may reflect prior differences in academic outcomes. In this paper, we use u...
The impact of individuals' preventive behaviours on health and healthcare utilisation [0.03%]
个体预防保健行为对健康和医疗服务利用的影响分析
Aarushi Dhingra,Gianluca Fiorentini,Luke Connelly
Aarushi Dhingra
We investigate the impact of preventative health behaviour of an individual, colon screening, on health outcomes and healthcare utilisation. We employ an instrumental variable approach to address the circularity in this relationship, using ...
Second generation effects of an experimental conditional cash transfer program on early childhood human capital in Nicaragua [0.03%]
尼加拉瓜一项实验性有条件现金转移支付项目对第二代早期童年人力资本的影响
Tania Barham,Oscar M Díaz-Botía,Karen Macours et al.
Tania Barham et al.
Interventions targeting improvements in human capital are often motivated by their potential to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty from parents to children. This study contributes to the thin evidence base on these links by...
Changes in child height and open defecation in rural India: Understanding improvements between the two most recent demographic surveys [0.03%]
农村印度儿童身高变化和露天排便：了解最近两次人口调查之间的改进情况
Sangita Vyas,Anna Vera
Sangita Vyas
Rural Indian children are exceptionally short by international standards. However, between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the average rural child's height increased by about one-fifth of a standard deviation, a more rapid increase than previous years...
The impact of extreme high temperatures on ADRD hospitalization in Guangdong, China, 2017-2019 [0.03%]
极端高温对2017-2019年广东省ADRD住院的影响
Caiyi Zhao,Xin Zhang,Chao Ma et al.
Caiyi Zhao et al.
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) have emerged as a major global health challenge due to the aging population. This study is among the first to investigate the impact of extreme high temperatures on ADRD hospitalization in a ...