Can Obesity Cause Depression? A Pseudo-panel Analysis [PDF]
Objectives The US ranks ninth in obesity in the world, and approximately 7% of US adults experience major depressive disorder. Social isolation due to the stigma attached to obesity might trigger depression.
Hyungserk Ha, Chirok Han, Beomsoo Kim
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What drives youth smoking initiation in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Evidence from a split-population duration model [PDF]
Objectives To examine the association between cigarette price increase and youth smoking initiation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), and to assess additional factors—including parental smoking, peer influence, pocket money, anti-tobacco media ...
Violeta Vulovic +4 more
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Ahorro y seguridad social en los hogares de México: un análisis de cohortes sintéticas
En esta investigación se revisan los perfiles etarios del ahorro corriente de los hogares en México según condición de acceso a servicios médicos por parte del trabajo.
Isalia Nava Bolaños
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An Analysis of the Determinants of Informal Employment in Urban and Rural Regions in Iran: Pseudo-Panel Data Approach [PDF]
Informal employment typically poses many problems for communities and governments. For example, most informal workers face problems relating to poverty and economic insecurity due to the lack of a social security organization and labor law in the ...
Shahryar Zaroki +2 more
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Ahorro en los hogares de México: ¿importa el lugar de residencia?
Resumen En este artículo se analiza el perfil de ahorro de los hogares rurales y urbanos en México. A partir de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares de 1994 a 2014 se construye un panel sintético y se estima un modelo semiparamétrico ...
Isalia Nava Bolaños +2 more
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Climate, weather and child health in Burkina Faso
Abstract It is now clear that anthropogenic climate change is having a negative impact on human health. In this paper, we provide the first comprehensive assessment of the impact of climatic stressors on child health in Burkina Faso. We undertake a rigorous empirical analysis of the impact of climate and weather shocks on mortality, stunting (height ...
Shouro Dasgupta +1 more
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The housing wealth effect: The role of renovations and home improvements
Abstract This paper tests whether disregarding home improvements biases the housing wealth effect, that is, the marginal propensity to consume out of housing wealth. We decompose housing wealth changes in their unanticipated and exogenous component by filtering out previously elicited expectations of house prices and by dealing with endogenous home ...
Francesco G. Caloia, Mauro Mastrogiacomo
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Micro-economic analysis of domestic water demand: application of the pseudo-panel approach
The main purpose of the work is twofold. First, we tried to identify the main determinants that may explain the consumption of residential water in Tunisia using the pseudo panel method.
Imen Gam, Jaleleddine Ben Rejeb
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Determinantes de las horas de trabajo de las mujeres en México: Un enfoque de pseudopanel (2005-2010) [PDF]
Las horas de trabajo de las mujeres mexicanas no solo dependen de los salarios y las caracteristicas individuales, sino tambien de factores relacionados con la estructura del hogar, que generan incentivos para que las mujeres limiten sus horas de trabajo remunerado.
Armando Sánchez V. +3 more
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Introducción: el presente artículo tuvo como objetivo analizar el estatus laboral de los adultos mayores en América Latina con énfasis en el impacto producido por la COVID-19 en 2020. Método: se caracterizó la dinámica laboral de las personas mayores de
Alberto Castillo Aroca +3 more
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