Christine Piette Durrance,Yang Wang,Barbara Wolfe
Christine Piette Durrance
Existing evidence has found that abortion restrictions result in fewer and delayed abortions. Such restrictions may indirectly affect child wellbeing both through changes in births and for existing children in the home through mechanisms in...
Dante Donati,Ruben Durante,Francesco Sobbrio et al.
Dante Donati et al.
How does the internet affect young people's mental health? We study this question using administrative data on the universe of cases of mental disorders diagnosed in Italian hospitals between 2001 and 2013, which we combine with broadband i...
Effects of informal caring on labour market outcomes of carers: Evidence from HILDA [0.03%]
照料对他人的影响的非正式护理对护理人员劳动市场结果的影响：来自HILDA的证据
Pelin Akyol,Matt Nolan
Pelin Akyol
This study examines the causal impact of informal caregiving on labour market outcomes and well-being using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. We combine an event study design with an instrument...
Dhaval Dave,Yang Liang,Johanna Catherine Maclean et al.
Dhaval Dave et al.
Public health advocates warn that the rapid growth of legal markets for electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) may generate a "gateway" to marijuana and harder drug consumption, particularly among teenagers. This study explores the eff...
Regional variation in mental healthcare utilization and suicide: Evidence from movers in Australia [0.03%]
澳大利亚迁徙人群的精神健康保健利用和自杀现象的地区差异性研究
Karinna Saxby,Thomas Buchmueller,Sonja C de New et al.
Karinna Saxby et al.
Poor mental health is a major global health issue, with many countries documenting high levels of unmet need and regional disparities in mental healthcare utilization. To determine how best to address these disparities, it is important to u...
Do for-profit hospitals cream-skim patients? Evidence from inpatient psychiatric care in California [0.03%]
营利性医院会从病人中挑选病情比较轻的病患吗？来自加州住院精神护理的证据
Donghoon Lee,Anirban Basu,Jerome A Dugan et al.
Donghoon Lee et al.
The paper examines whether, among inpatient psychiatric admissions in California, for-profit (FP) hospitals engage in cream skimming, i.e., selecting patients for some characteristic(s) other than their need for care, which enhances the pro...
Heterogeneous peer effects and gender-based interventions for teenage obesity [0.03%]
异质性同伴效应与青少年肥胖的性别差异干预措施研究
Margherita Comola,Rokhaya Dieye,Bernard Fortin
Margherita Comola
This paper explores the role of gender heterogeneity in the social diffusion of obesity among adolescents and its policy implications. We propose a social interaction model which allows for gender-dependent heterogeneity in peer effects. Ou...
Chad Cotti,Charles Courtemanche,Yang Liang et al.
Chad Cotti et al.
Advocates for sales restrictions on flavored e-cigarettes argue that flavors appeal to young people and lead them down a path to nicotine addiction. Using data from a variety of surveys (Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, Behavioral Risk Factor S...
Eran Politzer
Eran Politzer
The provision of public health insurance through regulated markets requires a dynamic procurement of insurers over time. Using data from Medicaid managed care bids, I study the impacts of regulators' decision to drop an insurer from the mar...
Absence from work and lifetime smoking behavior: Evidence from European maternal leave policies [0.03%]
关于欧洲产假政策的证据：缺勤与终身吸烟行为的关系
Anna-Theresa Renner,Mujaheed Shaikh,Sonja Spitzer
Anna-Theresa Renner
We provide new evidence on how child-related career interruptions affect long-term health behaviors by examining the impact of maternal leave duration on smoking habits across 14 European countries. Linking data on maternity and parental le...