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This paper analyzes the relation between three dimensions of globalization (economic, social and political) and life expectancy using a panel of 92 countries over the period 1970-2005. Using different estimation techniques and sample groupings we find a very robust positive effect from economic...
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the lowest income group, the excise duty reforms seem to have a positive health effect across all other income groups …
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Vita brevis, ars longa (or: life is too short for abstracts)
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using household indicators on expenditures, educational level, health status and land holdings. The purpose is to assess …
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last few decades. There is therefore a need for effective strategies to promote health and to reduce the prevalence of diet … depart from a household production model. To control for the endogeneity of the health state, we use a control function … approach. The result suggests that health inputs, such as low-fat meat and a larger amount of vegetables, increase respondents …
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unhealthy nutrients from the reforms, making the net health effects difficult to evaluate. Seniors and couples without children … affects the health of families with children, who often overconsume these nutrients. …
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ancient Greek medicine from the perspective of modern health economics is an interesting endeavour in that it increases our …. Similar circumstances arguably lie behind the dual nature of the health market that was present then and is still present now …
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This paper analyses the effect on meal consumption away from home of a point-of-purchase healthy symbol. We base the analysis on a field experiment in a lunch restaurant. Our results suggest that meal consumption does not increase if the meal is labeled with a healthy symbol. Also, the mean...
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