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This paper examines the effect of soda taxes on the consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children in Europe …: Hungary imposed a "Public Health Product Tax" on several unhealthy products including sodas in 2011. France introduced solely …
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This paper examines the effect of two different soda taxes on consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children … in Europe: Hungary imposed a Public Health Product Tax (PHPT) on several unhealthy products in 2011. France introduced …
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The purpose of this study is to analyse the determinants of life expectancy as proxy for health status of the OECD … countries' population. A production function of health is used to explain expectancy life at birth for total and ageing … population and according to gender. Socio-economic factors, health resources and lifestyles are defined as the main determinants …
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health condition. However little is known about the side effects of governmental policies that aim to promote the unemployed …'s reintegration into the labor market on the health status of participants. On the one hand, these interventions could have positive … health effects if they increase the chances of finding new employment, however, on the other hand, they might also have …
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and temporal variation in housing price appreciation linked to individual-level health data in China from 2000 to 2011. We … diseases. This negative health impact is more pronounced among individuals from low-income families, households that purchased … marriage market competition exacerbates these negative health effects, particularly for males and parents with young adult sons …
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In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of painkiller consumption that combines the theory of health deficit …
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detrimental behavioral responses. We explore this idea in the context of endogenous health and aging. We integrate physiological … state of health affects health spending, life expectancy, and the value of life. In counterfactual computational experiments … lifetime utility, health investments, and longevity. We then use the model to contribute to the literature on information …
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While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing...
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