Posts tagged with 'Gesundheit'
May 30, 2025
Raising the glass raises risks for the whole family
Finnish study reveals significant health consequences of legal drinking ages, with risks spilling over to siblings
September 17, 2021
Costs and benefits of postponing elections during the pandemic
New study on voting, contagion and the trade-off between public health and political rights
August 5, 2021
UK sugar levy effectively reduced calorie intake from soft drinks
New study identifies product reformulation as key driver
July 1, 2021
How environmental pollution affects educational and labor market outcomes
IZA workshop discusses new research on environment, health and labor markets
July 3, 2020
Poor air quality increases COVID-19 deaths
Moving at-risk patients out of polluted areas could reduce the case fatality rate
February 17, 2020
Economic crises have long-term adverse health effects
New findings on the role of luck in the timing of life events
November 21, 2019
Tobacco control strategies that work
New findings on the effectiveness of smoking bans, sales restrictions and pictorial warnings
November 20, 2019
Why don’t we sleep enough?
Field experiment explores the role of behavioral biases in sleep choice and shows that monetary incentives work
September 27, 2019
Low Emission Zones in Germany improve population health
Reduced air pollution in urban areas translates into fewer circulatory and respiratory diseases
June 17, 2019
New moms are healthier when dads can stay home
Swedish reform gave fathers more flexibility in taking days off
November 29, 2018
Early retirement increases mortality risk among men
Unhealthy retirement lifestyles may lead to more premature deaths
October 11, 2018
Challenging the use of the twin instrument in the social sciences
Twins are more often born to healthier women
January 1, 2018
When the unhealthy self kills our New Year’s resolutions
“New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin […]
July 7, 2017
Public health in utero: How external factors influence birth outcomes
By Jeanna Canapari (Yale University) In the study of birth outcomes, going to extremes is not always necessary. While intense […]
March 18, 2016
How (lack of) sleep affects our economic behavior
Today is World Sleep Day! As recent IZA research shows, a good night of sleep is not just a matter […]
October 22, 2015
How language influences children’s economic behavior
Patience is an important trait in children that can make a difference for a lifetime. Many disciplines, including economics, have […]
April 17, 2015
Air pollution impairs productivity of professional soccer players
Air pollution is the top environmental risk factor of premature death. Annual costs of environmental damage for the European countries […]
February 20, 2015
Sports and exercise boost labor market performance and earnings
Many public policy campaigns aim at encouraging people to be more physically active. Sports and exercise enhance physical and mental […]
September 2, 2013
What is the right price of clean air?
How much are people willing to pay for clean air? Driven by this question, empirical economists have come up with […]