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Autor:
Dora L. Costa, Naomi R. Lamoreaux
The conditions for sustainable growth and development are among the most debated topics in economics, and the consensus is that institutions matter greatly in explaining why some economies are more successful than others over time. Probing the long-t
Autor:
Dora L. Costa, Matthew E. Kahn
When are people willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits of friendship? How do communities deal with betrayal? And what are the costs and benefits of being in a diverse community? Using the life histories of more than forty tho
Publikováno v:
Data in Brief, Vol 17, Iss , Pp 226-233 (2018)
We describe the publicly available data created by the NIA funded Early Indicators program project, often referred to as the Union Army data, and the subset of these data used in “Persistent Social Networks: Civil War Veterans Who Fought Together C
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https://doaj.org/article/bfbed41a5953475db588403996d2aa4a
Autor:
Dora L. Costa
The twentieth century saw significant increases in both life expectancy and retirement rates-changes that have had dramatic impacts on nearly every aspect of society and the economy. Forecasting future trends in health and retirement rates, as we mus
Autor:
Dora L. Costa
Winner of the 1998 Paul A. Samuelson Award given by TIAA-CREF, The Evolution of Retirement is the first comprehensive economic history of retirement in America. With life expectancies steadily increasing, the retirement rate of men over age 64 has ri
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 115, iss 44
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Significance Understanding whether paternal trauma is transmitted to children to affect their longevity, the mechanisms behind any transmission, and the reversibility of paternal trauma can inform health interventions and increase our understanding o
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::44d68801dccb93176e14eb416a549d81
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803630115
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803630115
Publikováno v:
Regional Science and Urban Economics. 70:289-299
We demonstrate the long reach of early social ties in the location decision of individuals and in their older age mortality risk using data on Union Army veterans of the US Civil War (1861-5). We estimate discrete choice migration models to quantify
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::185ca702d3b86cb313843dfb7e1f60d4
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.09.005
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.09.005
Publikováno v:
J Health Econ
We investigate when and how health shocks reverberate across the life cycle and down to descendants in a manual labor economy by examining the association of war wounds with the socioeconomic status and older age mortality of US Civil War (1861-5) ve
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::95332e25eca638eb787376b95684b84c
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31918029
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31918029
Autor:
Dora L. Costa
Publikováno v:
Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History ISBN: 9783319775913
This paper analyzes the demand for both private and state-provided health insurance in a historical context. In the case of private health insurance, I show that both health insurance and medical care were of limited use and that the relationship bet
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77592-0_7
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77592-0_7
Autor:
Dora L. Costa
Publikováno v:
Journal of Economic Literature. 53:503-570
I discuss the health transition in the United States, bringing new data to bear on health indicators and investigating the changing relationship between health, income, and the environment. I argue that scientific advances played an outsize role and
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::3e969a278a36322acc72a842e0e9ed8d
https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.53.3.503
https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.53.3.503