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on the gender-specific health outcome of respondents aged 60+ at follow-up over a period of 13 years (for western Germany … analysed self-rated general health as well as the self-reported absence and prevalence of specific diseases which are directly …-up in order to control for selection effects to the health outcome. The analysis was separated by sex to account for gender …
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from observational surveys and population registers. We will focus on health and mortality, and on the issues of unobserved … heterogeneity and reverse causation between health and (1) retirement, (2) socio-economic status, and (3) characteristics of … disciplines epidemiology, public health and economy are often blurred. We will highlight the specific contribution of demography …
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According to Wegge et al. ( 24 ), leadership behavior can affect employee health in several ways. The model describes … leaders (1) as actors with a direct influence on the health of employees, (2) as designers of work systems, (3) as a … moderating factor (buffer/amplifier) of the effects of work requirements and resources on health, (4) as a developer of group …
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This paper explores the mitigating effects of climate policies in addressing climate-induced health adversities. We … first investigate the effect of in utero exposure to rainfall variations on child health outcomes in Bangladesh and find … Fund to identify that some of these rainfall-induced health adversities can be mitigated through climate policies. Our …
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This study explores how basic income for elderly (non-contributory pension program) affects the health of self … in peak expiratory flow, and better health care use and well-being. In contrast, salaried workers' health outcomes show …
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Der Beitrag beschreibt die Arbeits- und Lebenssituation älterer Beschäftigter in Deutschland in Hinblick auf Basisarbeit (BA). Grundlage ist Welle 4 der repräsentativen lidA-Studie. Von 7279 Erwerbstätigen (Jg. 1959, 1965, 1971) waren 1651 (22,7 %) der Gruppe der BA zuzuordnen. Die Befunde...
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This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence of the health benefits of a largescale, nationwide programme of home … that these home upgrades improve children's health, as evidenced by a 4% reduction in the use of respiratory medication. We … also find suggestive health improvements for other vulnerable groups, such as the poor. …
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As billionaires dance in the halls of the second Trump administration, it’s haunting how well Plutarch’s two-thousand-year-old words describe the state of American politics. It’s a barren landscape of plutocratic insatiability. *** How did it get this way? *** One way to tell the story is...
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This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
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Using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we investigate the causal relation between housing … conditions (both internal and external) and health among urban adults aged 18+. We find that housing improvement reduces the … probability of bad self-reported health by 3.7 percent, with more pronounced impacts among females, older adults, those with lower …
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