I analyze the effects of four types of medical innovation and cancer incidence on US cancer mortality rates during the … period 2000–2009, by estimating difference-in-differences models using longitudinal (annual) data on ∼60 cancer sites (breast …-adjusted cancer mortality rate during 2000–2009. Drug innovation and imaging innovation are estimated to have reduced the cancer …

. This paper investigates both long-term and short-term spillovers of a major non-communicable health shock, namely a cancer …

. This paper investigates both long-term and short-term spillovers of a major non-communicable health shock, namely a cancer …

consequences of health shocks or the mechanisms behind the spillover effects. We analyse the short- and long-term effects of cancer … breadwinner type). We use full population register data on all cancer patients and their cohabiting partners in Finland over the … period 1995-2019. Our identification strategy is based on the quasi-random variation in the timing of the cancer diagnosis …

There exists a strong educational gradient in cancer risk, which has been documented in a wide range of populations …. Yet relatively little is known about the extent to which education is causally linked to cancer incidence and mortality … reform on various cancer outcomes. Our main finding is that education has little if any impact on cancer risk. This holds for …