[PDF] Top 20 Geiger, Nadine (2018): Essays in empirical health economics. Dissertation, LMU München: Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät

... in health exist not only across countries but also within countries (see for example Chetty et ...in health might reflect general regional differences rather than being a consequence of the sep- aration, I ... See full document

... and health satisfaction in my analysis as health status ...negative health effects of broadband Internet to be more pronounced for younger cohorts and ...the health status variables points ... See full document

... This study examines ethnic favoritism under the aspect of competitive, democratic elec- tions in the ethnically diverse West African nation of Ghana. Its results suggest that the two co-ethnic ethnicities become ... See full document

... Finally we are, to the best of our knowledge, the first to show effects of an historical event on implicit attitudes as measured by a computerised Implicit Association Test (IAT). Implicit attitudes are described as ... See full document

... We also contribute to the literature that analyses local labour market effects of technological change and digitisation. For example, Acemoglu and Restrepo [2017] investigate the effect of robot usage on local industrial ... See full document

... Refugee shows that our result of reverse discrimination is mainly driven by participants with a positive IAT score since the treatment difference is insignificant for subjects. with a ne[r] ... See full document

... It is also the institutional environment that supposedly gives the International Monetary Fund de facto seniority among external creditors. In particular, the IMF’s status as “preferred creditor” can be interpreted as ... See full document

... Other contributions introduce additional sources of gains from trade by considering cases in which the ACR restrictions are not satisfied. Head, Mayer, and Thoenig (2014) analyze the effect of a log-normal distribution ... See full document

... Discordance needs to be understood in its cultural context. The following section provides a brief overview of this study’s context. The country is characterized by eco- nomic dynamism, the predominance of Islam as ... See full document

... �e goal of this paper is to provide a set of evidence-based insights that I hope can inform an important debate. For this purpose, I review and update a series of facts on inequality and labor market participation. ... See full document

... While previous studies used the birth of twins as an instrumental variable (IV) for fertility, we study the reduced form eects of twinning and interpret them as being caused by a random event. There are two reasons for ... See full document

... their health, this could serve as an explanation for higher health expenditures in this ...of health information. (C) Those with Medigap might have an improved health status relative to when ... See full document

... The second chapter is related to the literature on multi-tasking in principal-agent re- lationships that was initiated by Bengt Holmström and Paul Milgrom (1991). In this literature it is argued that multiple actions ... See full document

... buying health insurance, corruption also leads to the selection of the wrong firms, that is, those that are more willing or have better capacity to offer and conceal ... See full document

... to health, we still would not know the channels through which they ...of health insurance would be warranted if channel A1 were to be active, but would prove ineffective if the causal link were to work ... See full document

... behavioural health outcomes such as reduced smoking and better dietary ...individuals’ health outcomes as soon as they turn seventeen years old and match their information with household/parental ...the ... See full document

... I especially thank my colleagues at the Department of Business Cycle Analy- ses and Surveys at the Ifo for the pleasant working atmosphere and the ongo- ing support I experienced from them. I am grateful to my fellow ... See full document

... Second, withdrawing home equity is tied to financial efficiency considerations over the four year period: the higher the outstanding mortgage value is, the more important the potential[r] ... See full document

... tition, such as ’competition for the market’ or ’life-cycle competition’, as compared to traditional industries. When switching costs are present, firms enjoy ex post market power over their own consumers. Network ... See full document

... Figure 2.5: Average adult height of white US-born females with parents of average height as a function of parental yearly gross household income during adolescence.. parental income duri[r] ... See full document