This study examines the effects of economic loss on the life satisfaction and mental health of Wenchuan earthquake survivors. Economic loss is measured by earthquake impacts on the income and houses of the survivors. The correlation analysis shows that earthquake impact on income is significantly correlated with life satisfaction and depression. The regression analyses indicate that earthquake ...

replacement of a tractor is an influential factor affecting timely farm operation. the accurate prediction of repair and maintenance costs is essential to selection of a replacement model. this study used empirical data for 60 two-wheel drive (2wd) tractors from astan ghods-e razavi agroindustry. the types and numbers of tractors used were the massey ferguson 285 (17), fiat (10), john deere 314...

Background:  The objective of the study was to appraise the total dollar value of human life losses (TDVHL) associated with COVID-19 in Canada. Methods: The net output approach (also known as human capital approach) was applied in the dollar valuation of the 6,062 human life losses associated with COVID-19 in Canada as of 23 May 2020. The economic model was rerun five times: (a) using the nati...

development of the modern education system and iranian high interest in studying the new science and broad government support government over the last century of the modern educational system, and high costs to expand and improve its quality by no means imply the entrance of science and scientific attitude to iranian relations. system of economic production and social relations and political st...

We connect the recent medical and economic literatures on the long-run effects of early-life conditions by analyzing the effects of economic conditions on the individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate later in life, using individual data records from the Danish Twin Registry covering births since the 1870s and including the cause of death. To capture exogenous variation of conditions early ...

The authors are grateful for comments from Sumit Agarwal, Raymond Fisman, Hongbin Li, and seminar participants at NBER’s May 2015 China Economy workshop, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, NUS Business School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Lingnan University. Randall Morck thanks the Bank of Canada for partial funding. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessa...