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  1. Improved menstrual health and the workplace
    an RCT with female Bangladeshi garment workers
    Author: Czura, Kristina; Menzel, Andreas; Miotto, Martina
    Published: February 2023
    Publisher:  CESifo, Munich, Germany

    Menstruation can limit female labor force participation, especially in low-income countries, where menstrual hygiene practices are constrained by lack of finances and information. In a randomized controlled trial with around 1,900 female workers from... more

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    Menstruation can limit female labor force participation, especially in low-income countries, where menstrual hygiene practices are constrained by lack of finances and information. In a randomized controlled trial with around 1,900 female workers from four Bangladeshi garment factories, we relax both constraints individually and jointly by providing free sanitary pads and information on hygienic menstrual practices. Both access to sanitary pads and information improve menstrual practices, either by the adoption of new products, or by knowledge gains and improved use of traditional materials, and both interventions improve health outcomes. However, these positive effects do not translate to better labor outcomes, such as earnings and work attendance.

     
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    Series: CESifo working papers ; 10289 (2023)
    Subjects: menstrual health; health behaviour; labor force participation; export manufacturing
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 69 Seiten), Illustrationen
  2. Life cycle economics with infectious and chronic diseases
    Author: Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker
    Published: December 2022
    Publisher:  CESifo, Munich, Germany

    In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health deficits... more

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    In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of infections affects the accumulation of chronic health deficits (inammaging). Individuals invest in their health to slow down health deficit accumulation and take measures to protect themselves from infectious diseases. We calibrate the model for an average American and explore how health expenditure, life expectancy, and the value of life depend on individual characteristics, medical technology, and the disease environment. We then use counterfactual computational experiments of the U.S. epidemiological transition 1860-2010 to show that the decline of infectious diseases caused a substantial decline of chronic diseases and contributed more to increasing life expectancy than advances in the treatment of chronic diseases. Finally, we use the model to investigate behaviour and long-term health outcomes in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. We predict that the pandemic will shorten the life expectancy of middle-aged people almost as much as that of older people because of inammaging and the self-productivity of health deficits.

     
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    Series: CESifo working papers ; 10141 (2022)
    Subjects: health behaviour; infections; health deficits; longevity; epidemiological transition; Covid-19; immonuosenescence; inflammaging
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 39 Seiten), Illustrationen
  3. Biased survival expectations and behaviours: does domain specific information matter?
    Author: Costa-Font, Joan; Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina
    Published: November 2021
    Publisher:  IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany

    We study biased survival expectations across two domains and examine whether such biased expectations influence health and financial behaviors. Combining individual-level longitudinal data, retrospective, and end of life data from several European... more

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    We study biased survival expectations across two domains and examine whether such biased expectations influence health and financial behaviors. Combining individual-level longitudinal data, retrospective, and end of life data from several European countries for more than a decade, we estimate time-varying individual level bias in 'survival expectations' (BSE) at the individual level and compare it biased 'meteorological expectations' (BME). We exploit variation in an individual's family history (parental age at death) to estimate the effect of BSE on health and financial behaviors and compare it to BME, and other tests to discuss whether the effect of BSE results from the effect of private information. We find that BSE increases the probability of adopting less risky behaviors and financial behaviors. We estimate that a one standard deviation increase in BSE reduces the average probability of smoking by 48% and holding retirement accounts by 69%. In contrast, BME barely affects healthy behaviors, and is only associated with a change in some financial behaviors.

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 14876
    Subjects: biased expectations; survival expectations; meteorological expectations; longevity optimism; private information; health behaviour; financial behaviour
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 88 Seiten), Illustrationen
  4. Do economic incentives promote physical activity?
    evidence from the London Congestion Charge
    Author: Nakamura, Ryota; Albanese, Andrea; Coombes, Emma; Suhrcke, Marc
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen

    This study investigates the impact of economic incentives on travelrelated physical activity, leveraging the London Congestion Charge's disincentivising of sedentary travel modes via increasing the cost of private car use within Central London. The... more

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    This study investigates the impact of economic incentives on travelrelated physical activity, leveraging the London Congestion Charge's disincentivising of sedentary travel modes via increasing the cost of private car use within Central London. The scheme imposes charges on most types of cars entering, exiting and operating within the Central London area, while individuals living inside the charging zone are eligible for a 90% reduction in congestion charges. Geographical location information provides the full-digit postcode data necessary to precisely identify the eligibility for the discount of participants in the London Travel Demand Survey for the period 2005-2011. Using a boundary regression-discontinuity design reveals a statistically significant but small impact on active commuting (i.e. cycling and walking) around the border of the charging zone. The effect is larger for lower-income households and car owners. The findings are robust against multiple specifications and validation tests.

     
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    Edition: This version: December 2021
    Series: GLO discussion paper ; no. 1006
    Subjects: economic incentive; health behaviour; London Congestion Charge; geographical information system; regression-discontinuity
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 36 Seiten), Illustrationen
  5. Do economic incentives promote physical activity?
    evidence from the London Congestion Charge
    Author: Nakamura, Ryota; Albanese, Andrea; Coombes, Emma; Suhrcke, Marc
    Published: December 2021
    Publisher:  IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany

    This study investigates the impact of economic incentives on travel-related physical activity, leveraging the London Congestion Charge's disincentivising of sedentary travel modes via increasing the cost of private car use within Central London. The... more

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    This study investigates the impact of economic incentives on travel-related physical activity, leveraging the London Congestion Charge's disincentivising of sedentary travel modes via increasing the cost of private car use within Central London. The scheme imposes charges on most types of cars entering, exiting and operating within the Central London area, while individuals living inside the charging zone are eligible for a 90% reduction in congestion charges. Geographical location information provides the full-digit postcode data necessary to precisely identify the eligibility for the discount of participants in the London Travel Demand Survey for the period 2005–2011. Using a boundary regression-discontinuity design reveals a statistically significant but small impact on active commuting (i.e. cycling and walking) around the border of the charging zone. The effect is larger for lower-income households and car owners. The findings are robust against multiple specifications and validation tests.

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 14957
    Subjects: economic incentive; health behaviour; London CongestionCharge; geographical information system; regression discontinuity
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 37 Seiten), Illustrationen
  6. Care or self-care?
    the impact of informal care provision on health behaviour
    Author: Eibich, Peter
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

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    Series: MPIDR working paper ; WP 2021, 005 (March 2021)
    Subjects: informal care; health behaviour; England; ELSA; instrumental variables
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 36 Seiten), Illustrationen
  7. Biased survival expectations and behaviours
    does domain specific information matter?
    Author: Costa-Font, Joan; Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina
    Published: November 2021
    Publisher:  CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute, Munich, Germany

    We study biased survival expectations across two domains and examine whether such biased expectations influence health and financial behaviors. Combining individual-level longitudinal data, retrospective, and end of life data from several European... more

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    We study biased survival expectations across two domains and examine whether such biased expectations influence health and financial behaviors. Combining individual-level longitudinal data, retrospective, and end of life data from several European countries for more than a decade, we estimate time-varying individual level bias in ‘survival expectations' (BSE) at the individual level and compare it biased ‘meteorological expectations' (BME). We exploit variation in an individual's family history (parental age at death) to estimate the effect of BSE on health and financial behaviors and compare it to BME, and other tests to discuss whether the effect of BSE results from the effect of private information. We find that BSE increases the probability of adopting less risky behaviors and financial behaviors. We estimate that a one standard deviation increase in BSE reduces the average probability of smoking by 48% and holding retirement accounts by 69%. In contrast, BME barely affects healthy behaviors, and is only associated with a change in some financial behaviors.

     
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    Edition: This version: January 2022
    Series: CESifo working paper ; no. 9424 (2021)
    Subjects: biased expectations; survival expectations; meteorological expectations; longevity optimism; private information; health behaviour; financial behaviour
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 88 Seiten), Illustrationen
  8. Társadalmi különbségek a magyarországi gyerekek fogainak állapotában és egészségmagatartásában
    Author: Hajdu, Tamás; Kertesi, Gábor; Fadgyas-Freyler, Petra
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és Regionális Tudományi Kutatóközpont, Budapest

    Our study examines social inequalities in dental visits, the status of primary and permanent teeth, the dental treatments, the availability of publicly funded dental care and health behaviours related to dental health among Hungarian children. We use... more

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    Our study examines social inequalities in dental visits, the status of primary and permanent teeth, the dental treatments, the availability of publicly funded dental care and health behaviours related to dental health among Hungarian children. We use all available administrative and survey data sources to provide a comprehensive picture. We show that there are already significant social differences in dental health, dental visits and health behaviours at the age of 2-3 years, which are compounded by significant social gaps in access to publicly funded dental care. These early childhood gaps often widen with age. We conclude our study with health and social policy implications that can help reduce social disparities in children's dental health.

     
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    Language: Hungarian
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    Series: KRTK-KTI műhelytanulmányok ; KRTK-KTI WP - 2023, 08 (2023 március)
    Subjects: social inequality; dental health; health behaviour; childhood
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 68 Seiten), Illustrationen
  9. Fear or Knowledge The Impact of Graphic Cigarette Warnings on Tobacco Product Choices
    Author: Kenkel, Donald Scott; Mathios, Alan D.; Phillips, Grace N.; Suryanarayana, Revathy; Wang, Hua; Zeng, Sen
    Published: August 2023
    Publisher:  National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass

    Requiring graphic warning labels (GWLs) on cigarette packaging has become a highly contentious unresolved legal battle. The constitutionality depends, in part, on the likely impact of GWLs on smoking decisions, and whether they generate knowledge as... more

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    Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) / Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek
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    Requiring graphic warning labels (GWLs) on cigarette packaging has become a highly contentious unresolved legal battle. The constitutionality depends, in part, on the likely impact of GWLs on smoking decisions, and whether they generate knowledge as opposed to emotional reactions against smoking. Using an online discrete choice stated preference experiment we compare tobacco choices (cigarettes, e-cigarettes, quitting) for those presented with a GWL versus the currently existing label. We find the fraction of individuals choosing cigarettes to be lower and quitting higher for the GWL group. Our findings reveal that the differences between groups were primarily driven by the evocation of fear and disgust rather than an improvement in health knowledge related to the GWL. The discrete choice experiment also provides new evidence on how cigarette prices, e-cigarette prices, and policy-manipulable e-cigarette attributes such as e-cigarette warning labels, and flavor availability influence tobacco product choices

     
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    Series: NBER working paper series ; no. w31534
    Subjects: Gesundheitspolitik; Gesundheitsrisiko; Rauchen; Zigarette; Tabakwaren; Wirkungsanalyse; USA; health behaviour; health behavior; Health Behavior
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource, illustrations (black and white)
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