We examine the effects of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) prohibition of preexisting conditions exclusions for children on job mobility among parents. We use a difference-in-difference approach, comparing pre-post policy changes in job mobility among privately-insured parents of children with chronic health conditions vs. privately-insured parents of healthy children...

a research was carried out to determine the factors affecting knowledge, attitude and practice of secnodary school girls concerning iron deficiency anemia, in quazvin city. the study population consists of 218 students who were randomly selected form ten secondary schools in a selected area. aquestionnaire was prepared to collect the data and statistical tests of x2 and regression were employed...

BACKGROUND Adverse employment experiences, particularly exposure to unemployment and the threat of unemployment, have been strongly associated with several adverse mental and physical health outcomes including suicide. However, virtually no research has been conducted on the trans-generational impact of parental working conditions on attempted or completed suicide among their children. METHOD...

Studies have shown the ways in which non-Western middle- and upper-class families are seeking to educate their children West. The rationale for this kind of social reproduction strategy is acquisition ‘valuable’ cultural symbolic capitals can be advantageous graduate job market both home country internationally. Presenting a case study four middle-class Nigerian fathers, paper reveals behind th...

BACKGROUND These days, hookah smoking has gained popularity among people in many communities, especially among youths and students, and more attention to this issue seems necessary. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting hookah smoking among Sabzevar Azad University students. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on university students in Sabzevar, Iran in...

Background: The life style is formed and stabilized in adolescence. Since consumption of fruits and vegetables may affect the risk of chronic diseases, their low consumption during adolescence is very important. Knowledge and skill is considered as one of the main determinants of this behavior. This study aimed to investigate the Knowledge and skill of proper consumption of fruit and vegetables...

In research on fatherhood premiums and motherhood penalties in career-related outcomes, employers’ discriminatory behaviours are often argued to constitute a possible explanation for observed gender gaps. However, there is as yet no conclusive evidence of such discrimination. Utilizing a field experiment design, we test (i) whether job applicants are subject to recruitment discrimination on the...

Abstract This paper studies the effect of an increase in work horizon middle aged workers on school-work transition their offsprings 15–29 years. I exploit variation parental induced by 2012 Fornero reform Italy that abruptly changed age and years social security contribution requirements for pension eligibility. Utilising a difference-in-difference strategy multi-valued treatment setting, stud...