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A health economic theory of occupational choice, aging, and longevity

Strulik, Holger - 2022

longevity. Health-demanding work leads to a faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup on …

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A Health Economic Theory of Occupational Choice, Aging and Longevity

Strulik, Holger - 2022

longevity. Health-demanding work leads toa faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013292345

Life Expectancy and Human Capital : Evidence from the International Epidemiological Transition

Hansen, Casper Worm - 2013

Utilizing pre-intervention variation in the mortality from various infectious diseases, along with the time variation occurring from medical breakthroughs in the late 1940s and the 1950s, this paper tests how a large positive shock to life expectancy influenced inequalities in human capital...

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Human capital formation : the importance of endogenous longevity

Galama, Titus J.; Van Kippersluis, Hans - 2022

influence their own length of life (endogenous longevity). Without the ability of individuals to influence their longevity, the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172987

Health endowments, schooling allocation in the family, and longevity: evidence from US twins

Savelyev, Peter A.; Ward, Benjamin C.; Krueger, Robert F.; … - 2021

health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based studies of the US population, which show little or no effect of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596254

Maternal health and the baby boom

Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 2, pp. 225-269

Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for women born in 1932. It dropped to a new low of 1.74 children for women born in 1949, before stabilizing for subsequent cohorts. We propose a novel explanation for this...

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Does Longevity Cause Growth? A Theoretical Critique

Hazan, Moshe; Zoabi, Hosny - 2006

This paper challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that greater longevity may have contributed less than previously … when parents make choices over the quantity and quality of their offspring, greater longevity positively affects not only … the returns to quality but also the returns to quantity. The theory suggests that in contrast to longevity, improvements …

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The Impact of Health on Productivity: Macro and Microeconomic Evidence and Policy Implications

Tompa, Emile - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

This chapter by Emile Tompa provides a comprehensive review of the theoretical underpinnings and empirical evidence of the health-productivity relationship with an emphasis on the public policy implications. This relationship goes well beyond the obvious effect of health on capacity to work both...

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Health Human Capital and the Cost of Smoking

Ippolito, Richard A. - 2009

This paper exploits variation in health outcomes among middle-age men and women to better understand the "production function" by which cigarette smoking transmits harm. In short, the harm done depends on who does the smoking. Outcome is not randomly determined, but rather varies predictably...

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Wealth, health, and child development : evidence from administrative data on Swedish lottery players

Cesarini, David; Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert; … - 2015

We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large,virtually free of attrition, and allows us to control for the factors - such as the number...

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