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The impact of BMI on mental health : further evidence from genetic markers

Amin, Vikesh; Flores, Carlos; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso - 2020

We estimate the effect of BMI on mental health for young adults and elderly individuals using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Health & Retirement Study. To tackle confounding due to unobserved factors, we exploit variation in a polygenic score (PGS) for BMI...

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Obesity and the Availability of Fast-Food : An Instrumental Variables Approach

Dunn, Richard A. - 2008

This paper addresses the simultaneous determination of fast-food availability on obesity rates through the use of … instrumental variables, specifically the number of interstate exits in the county of residence. Using the 2005 Behavioral Risk … counties and the method yields results comparable to previous work looking at rural counties, though the sample employed here …

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Cost-sharing and use of health services in Italy : evidence from a fuzzy regression discontinuity design

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2016

We use a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) to evaluate the impact of cost-sharing on the use of health services. In the Italian health system, individuals reaching age 65 and earning low incomes are given total exemption from cost-sharing for health services consumption. Since the...

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The causal impact of mental health on tobacco and alcohol consumption : an instrumental variables approach

Mitrou, Francis; Ha Trong Nguyen; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2023

The reciprocal relationship between psychiatric and substance use disorders is well-known, yet it remains largely unknown whether mental health morbidity causally leads to addictive behaviours. This paper utilises a fixed effects instrumental variables model, which is identified by time-varying...

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Understanding productivity in maternity wards

Di Giacomo, Marina; Piacenza, Massimiliano; Salmasi, Luca; … - 2024

This paper provides a causal estimate of labor productivity in maternity units. We consider an Italian law that defines the staffing requirements of maternity wards according to the annual number of births. We exploit these discontinuities in the availability of medical staff induced by the law...

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Are the Grandparents Alright?: The Health Consequences of Grandparental Childcare Provision

Eibich, Peter; Zai, Xianhua - 2022

This paper examines the causal effect of childcare provision on grandparents' health in the US. We propose the sex ratio among older adults' children as a novel instrument for grandparental childcare provision. Our instrument is rooted in the demographic literature on grandparenthood and...

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Does retirement age impact mortality?

Hernaes, Erik; Markussen, Simen; Piggott, John; Vestad, Ola - 2012

This paper studies the relationship between retirement and mortality, using a unique administrative data set covering the full population of Norway. We make use of a series of retirement policy changes in Norway, which reduced the retirement age for a group of workers but not for others. By...

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Does Retirement Age Impact Mortality?

Hernaes, Erik; Markussen, Simen; Piggott, John; Vestad, Ola - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2012

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Does retirement age impact mortality?

Hernaes, Erik; Markussen, Simen; Piggott, John; Vestad, … - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 3, pp. 586-598

The relationship between retirement and mortality is studied with a unique administrative data set covering the full population of Norway. A series of retirement policy changes in Norway reduced the retirement age for a group of workers but not for others. Difference-in-differences estimation...

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The effect of fast-food restaurants on childhood obesity: A school level analysis

Alviola, Pedro A.; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Thomsen, Michael R.; … - In: Economics & Human Biology 12 (2014) C, pp. 110-119

obesity rates in Arkansas. Using distance to the nearest major highway as an instrument, our results suggest that exposure to … mile from the school can significantly affect school level obesity rates. …

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