IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9399

Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic

Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78 (4), 1179-1209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9313

Fighting Infectious Disease: Evidence from Sweden 1870-1940

Volha Lazuka, Luciana Quaranta, Tommy Bengtsson

published in: Population and Development Review, 2016, 42 (1), 27-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8850

The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: A Method to Test for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior

Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

revised version published as 'The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Noncontagious Absenteeism Behavior' in:Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 156, 14-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8492

Moral Hazard and Less Invasive Medical Treatment for Coronary Artery Disease: The Case of Cigarette Smoking

Jesse Margolis, Jason Hockenberry, Michael Grossman, Shin-Yi Chou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8181

Does in utero Exposure to Illness Matter? The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Taiwan as a Natural Experiment

Ming-Jen Lin, Elaine M. Liu

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, 152-163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8075

Does the Size of the Effect of Adverse Events at High Ages on Daily-Life Physical Functioning Depend on the Economic Conditions Around Birth?

Robert Scholte, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, Dorly J. H. Deeg

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 26 (1), 86 - 103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7986

Ambient Temperature During Gestation and Cold-Related Adult Mortality in a Swedish Cohort, 1915 to 2002

Tim A. Bruckner, Gerard J. van den Berg, Kirk R. Smith, Ralph A. Catalano

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 119 2014, 191–197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7605

Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bitte Modin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7563

The Economic Impact of Non-communicable Disease in China and India: Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons

David E. Bloom, Elizabeth T. Cafiero, Mark E. McGovern, Klaus Prettner, Anderson Stanciole, Jonathan Weiss, Samuel Bakkila, Larry Rosenberg

published as 'The macroeconomic impact of non-communicable diseases in China and India: Estimates, projections, and comparisons' in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2014, 4, 100-111

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6520

The Impact of Early Life Economic Conditions on Cause-Specific Mortality During Adulthood

Gary Y.C. Yeung, Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27 (3), 895-919

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6041

The Captain of the Men of Death and His Shadow: Long-Run Impacts of Early Life Pneumonia Exposure

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Atheendar Venkataramani

Second R&R Journal of Political Economy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5614

Disease Environment and Civil Conflicts

Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde, Simona Valmori

revised version published as 'Pathogens, Weather Shocks and Civil Conflicts' in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (607), 2581 - 2616

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5042

Global Climate Change and the Resurgence of Tropical Disease: An Economic Approach

Douglas Gollin, Christian Zimmermann

published in: Mathematical Population Studies, 2012, 19 (1), 51-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4734

An Inquiry into the Theory, Causes and Consequences of Monitoring Indicators of Health and Safety at Work

Konstantinos Pouliakas, Ioannis Theodossiou

revised version published as 'The Economics of Health and Safety at Work: An Interdisciplinary Review of the Theory and Policy' in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2013, 27 (1), 167 - 208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3635

Being Born Under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life: Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business Cycle

Gerard J. van den Berg, Gabriele Doblhammer, Kaare Christensen

published in: Demography, 48(2) 2011, 507-530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3535

Intergenerational Transmission of Healthy Eating Behaviour and the Role of Household Income

Alison Goode, Kostas Mavromaras, Murray Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2997

Malaria: Disease Impacts and Long-Run Income Differences

Douglas Gollin, Christian Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2393

The Macroeconomics of Targeting: The Case of an Enduring Epidemic