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The Hidden Cost of Firearm Violence on Pregnant Women and Their Infants

Currie, Janet M.; Dursun, Bahadir; Hatch, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides involving firearms, including indiscriminate shootings in public spaces. This paper investigates the largely unexplored consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn...

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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child hea...

Daysal, N. Meltem - 2015

Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...

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Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes

Vuik, Sabine; Devaux, Marion; Cecchini, Michele - 2019

Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk … study was to assess a potential causal relationship between obesity or alcohol use, and educational outcomes, in Germany …-invariant confounders. The results suggest that the presence of obesity during childhood, as well as alcohol consumption during childhood …

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The Sweet Life : The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood

Gertler, Paul J.; Gračner, Tadeja - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We show that sugar-rich diet early in life has large adverse effects on the health and economic well-being of adults more than fifty years later. Excessive sugar intake early in life led to higher prevalence of chronic inflammation, diabetes, elevated cholesterol and arthritis. It also decreased...

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Childcare subsidy policy : what it can and cannot accomplish : what are the implications of childcare subsidies for care quality, family well-being, and child development?

Tekin, Erdal - 2014

Most public expenditure on childcare in the US is made through a federal program, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), established as part of landmark welfare reform legislation in 1996. The main goal of the reform was to increase employment and reduce welfare dependence among low-income...

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Policies for encouraging healthier food choices

Giner, Céline; Brooks, Jonathan - 2019

obesity epidemics? This report briefly examines the evidence base on unhealthy diets, including the associated burden on …

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Healthy vs. unhealthy food : a strategic choice for firms and consumers

Antoñanzas Villar, Fernando; Rodríguez-Ibeas, Roberto - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 4, pp. 1-8

In this paper, we carry out a theoretical analysis of the strategic choice made by firms regarding the type of food they market when they face consumers who care about the healthy/unhealthy attributes of the product but incur in emotional/health costs when the food they consume has unhealthy...

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How Costs Limit Contraceptive Use among Low-Income Women in the U.S : A Randomized Control Trial

Bailey, Martha J.; Lang, Vanessa Wanner; Prettyman, Alexa; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The Affordable Care Act eliminated cost-sharing for contraception for Americans with health insurance, but substantial cost sharing remains for uninsured individuals who seek care through Title X--a national family planning program that provides patient-centered, subsidized contraception and...

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From food desert to food oasis : the potential influence of food retailers on childhood obesity rates

Howlett, Elizabeth; Davis, Cassandra; Burton, Scot - In: Journal of business ethics : JOBE 139 (2016) 2, pp. 215-224

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The Intergenerational Health Effects of Forced Displacement : Japanese American Incarceration during WWII

Grossman, Daniel; Khalil, Umair; Panza, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a shift in the entire birthweight distribution due to...

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