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Escaping death: individual mobility and female mortality

Doornik, Bernardus Ferdinandus Nazar van; Schoenherr, David - 2025

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Health risk information, social stigma and demand for condoms: experimental evidence from Ghana

Adam, Salamatu Nanna - 2025

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Anatomy of consumption risk

Guiso, Luigi; Jappelli, Tullio - 2024

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The iImpact of COVID-19 on voter turnout in the 2020 regional elections in Indonesia : do voters care about health risks?

Justinus, Yoshua Caesar; Dartanto, Teguh; Nasrudin, Rus'an - 2024

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A cloud-enabled predictive analytics model for assessing health risks under climate variation

Rani, S. Sheeja; Aburukba, Raafat - 2026

The relationship between climatic conditions and disease spread is a crucial aspect of public health. Factors such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, seasonal changes, and air pollution directly and indirectly influence the transmission of infectious diseases, including respiratory...

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Risk perceptions and protective behaviors at the onset and outset of the covid-19 pandemic

Costa-Font, Joan; Rossello-Roig, Melcior; Rudisill, Caroline - 2026

We study the formation of risk perceptions- subjective probability beliefs- of three adverse events-COVID-19 contagion, influenza contagion, and food poisoning-at the onset and outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, using survey data. We show that perceived risk levels for...

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Risk perceptions and protective behaviors at the onset and outset of the COVID-19 pandemic

Costa-Font, Joan; Rossellò-Roig, Melcior; Rudisill, … - 2026

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When knowledge matters : learning HIV status, sexual behavior, and relationship dynamics

Jockers, Dominik; Langlotz, Sarah; Vollmer, Sebastian; … - 2026 - This version: May 27, 2026

We study how learning HIV status affects sexual behavior and new HIV infections in South Africa, a high-prevalence setting with universal treatment access. Using financial incentives randomly assigned in a cluster-randomized trial, we instrument HIV status learning and follow participants for up...

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The effects of wildfire and distant air pollution on household financial well-being

An, Xudong; Gabriel, Stuart A.; Tzur-Ilan, Nitzan - 2026

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Correcting COVID-19 risk misperceptions via information provision

Chiba, Asako; Haganuma, Kazuya; Nakata, Taisuke; Nguyen … - 2026

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Correcting COVID-19 risk misperceptions via information provision

Chiba, Asako; Haganuma, Kazuya; Nakata, Taisuke; Nguyen … - 2026

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COVID-19 risk perceptions after the end of the public health emergency

Chiba, Asako; Haganuma, Kazuya; Nakata, Taisuke; Nguyen … - 2026

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COVID-19 Risk Perceptions After the End of the Public Health Emergency

Chiba, Asako; Haganuma, Kazuya; Nakata, Taisuke; Nguyen … - 2026

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Ex-ante moral hazard? : overweight and health insurance expansion in Mexico

Costa-Font, Joan; Gyori, Mario; Sáenz de Miera … - 2026

Extending health insurance to previously uncovered populations can improve access to preventative health care alongside income effects resulting from lower need of out-of-pocket. However, theoretically, in the presence of ex-ante moral hazard, it can also give a disincentive to preventative...

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Ex-ante moral hazard? : overweight and health insurance expansion in Mexico

Costa-Font, Joan; Gyori, Mario; Sáenz de Miera … - 2026

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Behavioral biases in stated preference valuation of mortality risk reductions : cost vector, anchoring, and scope effects

Zawadzki, Wojciech; Andersson, Henrik; Czajkowski, Mikołaj - 2026

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Can destination marketing capitalise on health management?

Volgger, Michael; Taplin, Ross - 2026

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Climate shocks and noncommunicable diseases among older people in India

Khanna, Arpita; Mahmud, Minhaj Uddin; Menon, Nidhiya - 2026

This study empirically investigates the impact of climate change on the incidence of noncommunicable diseases among older population in India. Using demographic and health surveys from 2019-2021 linked with georeferenced meteorological data at local levels, and a specification that controls for...

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Agricultural household survey 2025

2026

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Neighborhood disorder and dementia risk in U.S. older adults : the role of cardiometabolic risk

Yu, Jiao; Wang, Yi; Gill, Thomas M.; Chen, Xi - 2026

We estimate the effect of neighborhood disorder on dementia risk among middle-aged and older adults in the United States and identify cardiometabolic dysregulation as a mediating biological pathway. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS, 2006-2020), we show that exposure to...

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Neighborhood disorder and dementia risk in U.S. older adults : the role of cardiometabolic risk

Yu, Jiao; Wang, Yi; Gill, Thomas M.; Chen, Xi - 2026

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The Climate and Health Risk Index : Tracking Climate Change Risk to Health across National and Subnational Levels to Prioritize Adaptation Investment

2026

The purpose of the CHRI is to improve how climate change and health resources are invested: Over repeated measurement, identify how risk is shifting across geographies and time, keeping up with steadily deepening data on hazards relevant to climate-sensitive health issues and improving adaptive...

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Hazardous air pollutants and maternal health

Guignet, Dennis; Bui, Linda T. M.; Fehlman, Caroline; … - 2026 - Last revised: March 22, 2026

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Electric vehicles reduce driver injury severity but increase risk for other road users

Lin, Junjie; Tang, Cheng Keat; Ommeren, Jos van - 2026

Electric vehicles (EVs) are typically 20% heavier than conventional internal combustion engine vehicles because of their dense battery packs and reinforced structures. While this additional mass shields EV occupants, it transfers disproportionately greater kinetic energy to other road users...

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Timor-Leste - Rising Risks, Resilient Futures : Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment

2026

The Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) provides an evidence base to guide climate-resilient health investments. It integrates climate modeling, geospatial exposure mapping, and disease burden analysis, economic projections from the World Bank’s Climate and Health Economic...

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Proximity to fast-food outlets and adolescent BMI : accounting for persistent health dynamics

Aoki-Beattie, Yu; Arulampalam, Wiji; Lloyd, Neil; … - 2026

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Wildfires and birth outcomes : evidence from Spain

Conte Keivabu, Risto; Rubio-Cabañez, Maria - 2026

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Crises sanitaires: prévenir, anticiper, coordonner

2026

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The true value of, the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), in benefit-cost analysis : how might the VSL be different from what we have been told?

Payson, Steven; Dwyer, Debra Sabatini; Payson, Emanuel - 2026

The Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) serves as the definitive metric for allocative efficiency in Health Economics and Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA). However, the production and application of VSL estimates have become stratified into four distinct groups-econometric producers, practitioner...

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The causal effect of BMI on hypertension: a copula model approach with genetic risk instruments

Dettoni, Robinson; Böckerman, Petri; Bahamondes, Cliff; … - 2026

This paper estimates the effect of body mass index (BMI) on hypertension risk using data from the Young Finns Study. The empirical framework combines genetic instruments for body mass with a triangular copula model for a binary outcome and a continuous endogenous treatment. The model allows the...

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Longevity, health and housing risks management in retirement

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; St.-Amour, Pascal - 2023

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Longevity, health and housing risks management in retirement

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; St.-Amour, Pascal - 2023

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Longevity, Health and Housing Risks Management in Retirement

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; St.-Amour, Pascal - 2023

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Pandemic consumption

Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian; Kornejew, Martin - 2025

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Pandemic consumption

Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian; Kornejew, Martin - 2023

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Pandemic consumption

Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian; Kornejew, Martin - 2023

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Aging, health risk, and interest rates

Hagiwara, Reona - 2023

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What you see is not what you get : food advertising amidst the global overweight and obesity pandemic

Ocokoljic, Marija - 2025

The tandem issue of obesity and overweight is a serious global issue that has attained pandemic scale. Media, particularly advertising, plays an active role in shaping perceptions and behavioural patterns, influencing both how and what people eat. This paper analyses food advertising in Serbia...

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Making the invisible visible : the impact of revealing indoor air pollution on behavior and welfare

Metcalfe, Robert D.; Roth, Sefi - 2025

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Up in smoke : the impact of wildfire pollution on healthcare municipal finance

Lopez, Luis A.; Murphy, Dermot; Tzur-Ilan, Nitzan; … - 2025

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Risky behaviours and injuries amongst Catalan children with ADHD : does pharmacological treatment improve outcomes?

Mora, Toni; Jacobs, Rowena; Cid, Jordi; Roche, David - 2025

Background Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) prevalence rates are around 5-10% of school-aged children. We test whether medication use for ADHD decreases the likelihood of risky behaviour (sexual behaviour, alcohol, tobacco, and drug consumption) and injuries amongst children aged...

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The heterogeneous association between education and the adoption of safe food handling practices in Ethiopia

Su, Kai; Kowalcyk, Barbara; LaPolt, Devin; Gazu, Lina; … - 2025

Background Foodborne disease is a great concern to low- and middle-income countries. To prevent illness and death, intervention strategies need to be implemented across the food safety system and should include promoting the adoption of safe food handling practices. The positive association...

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Health insurance premium in Colombia for 2025 : a strictly political-ideological decision without technical-scientific arguments?

Espinosa, Oscar; Rodriguez-Lesmes, Paul; Prada, Sergio Iván - 2025

The Colombian Ministry of Health's decision to increase the health insurance premium (Capitation Payment Unit) by 5.36% for 2025, close to the inflation rate, has sparked controversy. This adjustment disregards factors that contribute to rising healthcare costs, leading to concerns over the...

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of Duodenal-Jejunal bypass sleeve device for people with obesity

Xu, Qian; Yan, Wei; Li, Luo; Liu, Bao - 2025

Background Obesity has become major public health problem around the world. Lifestyle interventions, Pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery are the common intervention to reduce weight in clinical practice. This study aims to conduct an economic evaluation of Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Sleeve (DJBS)...

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Prenatal exposure to PM2.5 and infant health : evidence from Quebec

Bello, Abdel-Hamid; Isabelle, Maripier; Lacroix, Guy - 2025

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Obesity, sedentary behavior and lifestyle : a lifecycle model of eating and physical activity

Dragone, Davide; Feichtinger, Gustav; Grass, Dieter; … - 2025

We propose a theoretical model to study individual lifestyle choices related to calorie intake and physical activity, depending on personal fitness level and body weight. The model builds on the rational eating literature and can generate a variety of behaviors that are consistent with the...

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Evaluating hospital performance

Pruckner, Gerald J.; Schober, Thomas - 2025

Patient selection remains a major challenge in evaluating hospital performance. We exploit the quasi-random assignment of patients to hospitals, based on a rotation schedule between hospitals in the Upper Austrian capital of Linz. In the instrumental variable (IV) framework, we use high-quality...

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Comment on "Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country" by Rahman et al.

Fiala, Lenka; Kjelsrud, Anders; Kujansuu, Essi; … - 2025

Rahman et al. (2021) study the correlation between mental health and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. They report that food insecurity increases in the sample and that this is associated with increased stress. This result is not reproducible from the author-provided...

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Comment on "Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: evidence from a developing country" by Rahman et al.

Fiala, Lenka; Kjelsrud, Anders; Kujansuu, Essi; … - 2025

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The inequality of labor and health risks : a probability-impact perspective

Hekkelman, Brinn; Kastelein, Pim; Vissers, Suzanne - 2025

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Unveiling the unseen illness : public health warnings and heat stroke

Lusher, Lester; Ruberg, Tim - 2025 - This draft: March 20, 2025

We utilize region-day variation in actual vs. forecasted weather conditions (i.e. forecasting errors) to comprehensively investigate the effects of the first heat-health warning system in Japan. We find that heat alerts led to a 17% increase in heat stroke counts. An analysis of mechanisms...

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Unveiling the unseen illness : public health warnings and heat stroke

Lusher, Lester; Ruberg, Tim - 2024

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Obesity epidemic in European countries : from an unaddressed risk factor to a medicalized disease?

Garattini, Livio; Fattore, Giovanni - 2025

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What if commuting has demerit properties?

Defloor, Bart; Van de Gaer, Dirk - 2025

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Green cities, healthier children : the effect of expanding urban green space on body weight for primary school starters

Koebe, Josefine - 2025

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Fat vs. sugar : the case for a saturated fat tax in Italy

Di Cosmo, Valeria; Tiezzi, Silvia - 2025

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Healthcare quality by specialists under a mixed compensation system : an empirical analysis

Echevin, Damien; Fortin, Bernard; Houndetoungan, Aristide - 2025

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The effect of warning signals from health check-ups on modifiable lifestyle risk factors : evidence from mandatory health check-ups for employees in Japan

Hanaoka, Chie - 2025

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The Effect of Warning Signals from Health Check-Ups on Modifiable Lifestyle Risk Factors : Evidence from Mandatory Health Check-Ups for Employees in Japan

Hanaoka, Chie - 2023

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Estimating the effect of China's 2013 Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan

Sager, Lutz - 2025

In 2013, China introduced the ambitious Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (APPCAP) targeting ambient fine particle (PM2.5) pollution. Using panel data covering 239 countries and territories worldwide, from 2000 to 2019, I provide quasi-experimental estimates of nationwide...

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An investigation of ensemble learning techniques for obesity risk prediction using lifestyle data

Ganie, Shahid Mohammad; Reddy, Bobba Bharath; Hemachandran K - 2025

Obesity disease is a significant health issue and has affected millions of people worldwide. Identifying underlying reasons for the onset of obesity risk in its early stage has become challenging for medical practitioners. The growing volume of lifestyle data related to obesity has made it...

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Knocking on heaven's door? : entrepreneurship, firm growth, and health risks

Partanen, Jukka; Tenhiälä, Aino; Kautonen, Teemu; … - 2025

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