The effect of West German television on smoking and health: A natural experiment from German reunification [0.03%]
德国统一对吸烟和健康的影响：一项来自德国统一的自然实验
Andrea Bernini,Sven A Hartmann
Andrea Bernini
This paper examines the long-term impact of West German television exposure on smoking behavior in East Germany, with a focus on gender-specific responses. Using data from 1989 and 2002 and leveraging quasi-random variation in West German T...
Dhaval Dave,Christine Piette Durrance,Bilge Erten et al.
Dhaval Dave et al.
In overturning Roe v. Wade and triggering laws in many states that ban or severely restrict abortion, the Supreme Court's landmark 2022 Dobbs decision dramatically altered the landscape of reproductive health in the U.S. Prior research has ...
The time cost of a disability [0.03%]
残疾的时间成本
Daniel S Hamermesh,Michał Myck
Daniel S Hamermesh
We consider how a physical disability alters patterns of time use. A disability may raise the time cost of some activities, making them differentially less worth doing; or it may make switching activities more costly. Both possibilities pre...
Dung D Le,Teresa Molina,Yoko Ibuka et al.
Dung D Le et al.
Using data from 17 countries, we investigate the effects of child marriage bans on child mortality in the next generation. We use within-country variation in mothers' exposure to the ban across cohorts and in "treatment intensity," calculat...
From addiction to aggression: The spillover effects of opioid policies on intimate partner violence [0.03%]
从上瘾到攻击：阿片类药物政策对伴侣暴力的溢出效应
Dhaval Dave,Bilge Erten,Pinar Keskin et al.
Dhaval Dave et al.
Substance abuse is a major risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV). We investigate how a key supply-side intervention - the abuse-deterrent reformulation of a widely-diverted opioid, OxyContin - affected IPV. Our results indicate co...
Demand for informal caregiving and human capital accumulation: Evidence from elderly deaths in Senegal [0.03%]
来自塞内加尔老年人死亡的证据：照护需求与人力资本积累之间的关系
Thomas Thivillon
Thomas Thivillon
This paper uses original panel data from Senegal to evaluate the effect of elderly household members' deaths on the educational attainment of female children. Using a triple-difference strategy with child fixed-effects, I show that the deat...
Prioritisation, risk selection, and illness severity in a mixed healthcare system [0.03%]
混合医疗体系中的优先级、风险选择和疾病严重程度
Pau Olivella,Marcos Vera-Hernández
Pau Olivella
We study the link between illness severity and the use of public health care services by the privately insured under a mixed healthcare system. Our theoretical model shows that this relationship depends on (1) the prioritisation implemented...
Anne M Burton,Brandyn F Churchill
Anne M Burton
While policymakers routinely limit the sale of goods thought to be of risk to public health, relatively less is known about whether and how these policies affect firm performance. Using 2000-2018 National Establishment Time-Series data and ...
Do doctors contribute to socioeconomic inequalities in health care provision? An audit experiment in Tunisia [0.03%]
医生是否加剧了卫生服务提供的社会经济不平等？一项在突尼斯进行的审计实验
Rym Ghouma,Mylène Lagarde,Timothy Powell-Jackson
Rym Ghouma
In this paper, we explore an important but understudied driver of health inequalities: whether doctors treat patients from different socioeconomic backgrounds differently during a clinical encounter. We design an audit experiment in Tunisia...
The impact of PhD studies on mental health-a longitudinal population study [0.03%]
基于纵向人口的研究：读博士期间的精神健康问题
Sanna Bergvall,Clara Fernström,Eva Ranehill et al.
Sanna Bergvall et al.
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship between PhD studies and mental health care utilization using Swedish administrative recor...