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Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe
Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012
example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large … mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we … quantify the mean mortality effect and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that men benefit from …
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The 'Red Herring' after 20 Years : Ageing and Health Care Expenditures
Breyer, Friedrich - 2019
that mortality rises with age and a large share of HCE is caused by proximity to death. This hypothesis has spurned a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858634
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Diff-in-Diff in Death : Estimating and Explaining Artist-Specific Death Effects
Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2020
We investigate how an artist's death impacts on the price of her artwork by estimating individual death effects of a sample of famous visual artists who died between 1985 and 2010. Using data from art auctions that took place in a narrow window around the artists' death, we apply various...
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The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Epidemic - Lessons from the 'Spanish Flu' for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Barro, Robert J. - 2020
Mortality and economic contraction during the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Epidemic provide plausible upper bounds for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839262
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Longevity, Retirement and Intra-Generational Equity
Hougaard Jensen, Svend E. - 2019
We find that segments of society who have shorter life expectancy can expect a lower retirement income and lifetime utility due to the longevity of other groups participating in the same pension scheme. Linking retirement age to average life expectancy magnifies the negative effect on the...
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Government Repression and the Death Toll from Natural Disasters
Costa, Samia - 2012
Natural disasters have been a major cause of human suffering. Countries with higher income, lower inequality, lower corruption, and more democratic regimes have been found to experience less casualties from disasters. Government repression, however, could also play a role in disaster...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111993
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The Effect of Public Corruption on COVID-19 Fatality Rate : A Cross-Country Examination
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021
This paper evaluates whether the level of public corruption influences COVID-19 case fatality rates. Using cross-section data, including 64 countries and multiple regression techniques, we find that the level of corruption is positively and significantly associated with COVID-19 human costs....
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The contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to longevity growth in Germany and France
Lichtenberg, Frank - 2010
-adjusted mortality rates of residents of Germany, using longitudinal, annual, state-level data during the period 2000-2007. The estimates …-adjusted cancer mortality rates of residents of France, using longitudinal, annual, cancer-site-level data during the period 2002 … mortality rates, and may have accounted for as much as half of the decline. …
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Government repression and the death toll from natural disasters
Costa, Samia - 2012
Natural disasters have been a major cause of human suffering. Countries with higher income, lower inequality, lower corruption, and more democratic regimes have been found to experience less casualties from disasters. Government repression, however, could also play a role in disaster...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280826
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The impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity and medical expenditure in Sweden, 1997-2010: Evidence from longitudinal, disease-level data
Lichtenberg, Frank; Pettersson, Billie - 2012
We use longitudinal, disease-level data to analyze the impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity and medical expenditure in Sweden, where mean age at death increased by 1.88 years during the period 1997-2010. Pharmaceutical innovation is estimated to have increased mean age at death by...
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