BACKGROUND This study investigated relationships among socioeconomic factors and participation in health examinations for Japanese National Health Insurance (NHI) using a representative Japanese population. METHODS We used the linkage database of NIPPON DATA2010 and Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions 2010. Participants with NHI aged 40-74 years were included in the analysis. Prevalence...

The effect of dog ownership during childhood on the development of allergy has been investigated in few studies with conflicting results. The association between dog contact and indoor endotoxin exposure during infancy and the development of allergic sensitisation and atopic disease up to age 6 yrs was investigated. Two ongoing birth cohorts, the German Infant Nutrition Intervention Programme (...

To encourage home ownership, the United States tax code treats the financing and sale of housing differently from most other goods. For example, the interest payments on your home mortgage and your property taxes are deduct-ible from your federal income taxes while the interest on your credit card bill for your vacation to Paris is not. Furthermore, the profit you make on the sale of your house...

This paper analyzes the relationship of ownership concentration and firm performance in the context of different institutional environments in 28 Central and Eastern European transition economies. Using the BEEPS data for the period from 2002 to 2009 we find an inverted u-shaped relation of ownership concentration and firm performance for those firms that operate in non-EU-member countries as w...

Motorization and increased levels of car ownership have partly contributed to traffic congestion and air pollution, which is a prime concern in the era of climate change. Therefore, vehicle ownership-related topics have been extensively explored by transportation scholars, economists, and planning researchers. However, relatively fewer scientists have investigated the spatial patterns and socio...

this study is a descriptive - survey and objective evaluation analysis of creation causes on informal settlement shadgholi-khan town of qom city. answer questionnaire by 200 protector of household in shadgholi-khan tow, economic, social and physical variables affective creation of informal settlements in the shadgholi-khan its spatial and local effects are investigated. research findings show t...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL Classification: D10 J13 R21 Keywords: Fertility HPI Credit constraints Home equity Cyclicality of births MSA Housing market This project investigates how changes in Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)-level house prices affect household fertility decisions. Recognizing that housing is a major cost associated with child rearing, and assuming that children are normal goo...