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find a quarter of students violated the order. Yet, neither risk preference, altruism, nor preexisting health conditions …-existing health conditions may not voluntarily comply, resulting in higher health care congestion than otherwise expected. …
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decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …
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Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects. Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
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This paper calls into question the currently most influential model of international trade. An empirical finding by Trefler (2004, AER) and others that industrial productivity increases more strongly in liberalized industries than in non-liberalized industries has been widely accepted as...
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We examine the relationship between contemporaneous fine particulate matter exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind direction, we show that arguably exogenous fluctuations in...
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The perception of disease risks and risky health behaviors are closely associated. In this paper, we investigate the …. -- obesity ; health risk ; subjective expectations …
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to robot penetration experience a significant increase in drug- or alcohol-related deaths and mental health problems … no evidence of significant effects on mental health and work and life satisfaction.distribution of power, elite structure …, industrializing countries, political economy of health-promoting policies, Prussian history, redistribution, workers' movements …
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and birth outcomes in forecasting child health (as indicated by height and weight), child behavioral problems, and a child …
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endanger public safety or health. We use time-series and cross-sectional variation in powerful registry data to quantify the …
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When traditional measures for health and economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, height and the body mass index (BMI …
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