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The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl : Evidence on Subjective Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2021
health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315589
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The Application of the Capability Approach to High-Income OECD Countries : A Preliminary Survey
Volkert, Juergen H. W.; Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316065
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African-American and White Living Standards in the 19th Century American South : A Biological Comparison
Carson, Scott Alan - 2006
By using a new source of 19th century Texas state prison records, the present study contrasts the biological living conditions of comparable blacks and whites in the American South between the Civil War and Reconstruction. White stature exceeded black stature. Between 1850 and 1870, black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780298
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Health, Wealth and Inequality : A Contribution to the Debate About the Relationship between Inequality and Health
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
The relationship between material inequality and health is the subject of considerable debate, and may depend on how … the relationship is defined. This paper uses stature as its measure for cumulative health outcomes to illustrate that the … 19th century relationship between material inequality and health was negative; greater average state wealth was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316555
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Health During Industrialization : Evidence from the 19th Century Pennsylvania State Prison System
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economic history. Moreover, a number of core findings in this literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence remains thin....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317086
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African-American and White Inequality in the American South : Evidence from the 19th Century Missouri State Prison
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economic history. Moreover, a number of core findings in the literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence remains thin. One...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317158
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Effects of Prenatal and Early Life Malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek Famine
Neelsen, Sven; Stratmann, Thomas - CESifo - 2010
This paper examines the long run education and labor market effects from early-life exposure to the Greek 1941-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583697
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The Influence of Child Care on Maternal Health and Mother-Child Interaction
Kröll, Alexandra; Borck, Rainald - 2021
concerned with how mothers’ mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not … with regard to mothers’ mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315753
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Relationship between Maternal Behavior During Pregnancy, Birth Outcome, and Early Childhood Development : An Exploratory Study
Li, Kai; Poirier, Dale J. - 2021
and birth outcomes in forecasting child health (as indicated by height and weight), child behavioral problems, and a child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319970
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental … the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943173