Winnie Fung,Omar Robles
Winnie Fung
Even though syphilis can be prevented effectively and treated inexpensively, it has remained a global public health problem. Untreated congenital syphilis results in neonatal death, stillbirth, preterm birth, or congenital deformities. Many...
The long-term impacts of Medicaid exposure in early childhood: Evidence from the program's origin [0.03%]
早期儿童医保暴露的长期影响：来自计划起源的证据
Michel H Boudreaux,Ezra Golberstein,Donna D McAlpine
Michel H Boudreaux
This paper examines the long-term impact of exposure to Medicaid in early childhood on adult health and economic status. The staggered timing of Medicaid's adoption across the states created meaningful variation in cumulative exposure to Me...
Spousal labor market effects from government health insurance: Evidence from a veterans affairs expansion [0.03%]
来自退伍军人事务局扩大项目的证据：公共健康保险的配偶劳动市场效应
Melissa A Boyle,Joanna N Lahey
Melissa A Boyle
Measuring the total impact of health insurance receipt on household labor supply is important in an era of increased access to publicly provided and subsidized insurance. Although government expansion of health insurance to older workers le...
Joseph J Sabia,D Mark Anderson
Joseph J Sabia
In Volume 32, Issue 5 of this journal, Colman, Dee, and Joyce (CDJ) used data from the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (NYRBS) and found that parental involvement (PI) laws had no effect on the probability that minors abstain from sex ...
Habit formation in children: Evidence from incentives for healthy eating [0.03%]
来自健康饮食激励措施的儿童习惯养成的证据
George Loewenstein,Joseph Price,Kevin Volpp
George Loewenstein
We present findings from a field experiment conducted at 40 elementary schools involving 8000 children and 400,000 child-day observations, which tested whether providing short-run incentives can create habit formation in children. Over a 3-...
Observational Study
Journal of health economics. 2016 Jan:45:47-54. DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.11.004 2016
Mathilde Godard
Mathilde Godard
This paper estimates the causal impact of retirement on the Body Mass Index (BMI) of adults aged 50-69 years old, on the probability of being either overweight or obese and on the probability of being obese. Based on the 2004, 2006 and 2010...
Long-term health effects of Vietnam-era military service: A quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries [0.03%]
越南战争时期的军事服役对长期健康的影响：使用澳大利亚征兵抽签进行准自然实验分析
David W Johnston,Michael A Shields,Peter Siminski
David W Johnston
This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-era military service using Australia's National conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use sever...
Observational Study
Journal of health economics. 2016 Jan:45:12-26. DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.11.003 2016
Social capital and access to primary health care in developing countries: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa [0.03%]
社会资本与发展中国家初级卫生保健的获取：来自撒哈拉以南非洲地区的证据
Guillaume Hollard,Omar Sene
Guillaume Hollard
We test for a causal role of social capital, as measured by self-reported trust, in determining access to basic health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. To skirt the reverse-causality problems between social capital and basic health, we rel...
Trans fat and cardiovascular disease mortality: Evidence from bans in restaurants in New York [0.03%]
人造黄油与心血管疾病死亡率的关系：来自纽约市餐馆禁令的证据
Brandon J Restrepo,Matthias Rieger
Brandon J Restrepo
This paper analyzes the impact of trans fat bans on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates. Several New York State jurisdictions have restricted the use of ingredients containing artificial trans fat in food service establishments. Th...
Stephanie von Hinke,George Davey Smith,Debbie A Lawlor et al.
Stephanie von Hinke et al.
The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention from economists, statisticians, epidemiologists and social scientists. Although IV is commonly used in economics, the appropriate conditions for the...