The immediate negative effects of environmental or man-made disasters are usually highly noticeable and easily quantified. However, such events have also important long-lasting effects for those who experience them, since as early as in utero. This column explores how several co-occurring severe in-utero shocks during the Dutch Hunger Winter at the end of WWII affected
Lance Lochner
Children from well-off families are healthier than poor children. The positive connection between family socioeconomic status (SES) and children’s health has been documented in a large number of studies from different countries (for an overview, see Currie 2009). The connection is not limited to childhood. The positive correlation between family resources and health continues through a child’s adult years and translates into higher mortality rates for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (Palme and Sandgren 2008). It may also be an important element for understanding the general education gradient in health and health inequality in a society (e.g. Currie et al. 2018, Lochner 2011, or Janke et al. 2020).
ULM economics professor receives award, grant from West Cancer Foundation
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Published Feb. 2, 2021
University of Louisiana Monroe Assistant Professor of Economics Ahmad Reshad Osmani, Ph.D., of the College of Business and Social Sciences, was recently awarded the West Cancer Initiative Award and a $5,000 grant for his research proposal.
Osmani’s research is titled, “Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare services utilization among uterine cancer survivors: New evidence from pre- and post- Affordable Care Act of 2010.”
He will examine whether the key element of the 2010 U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) – mandating private health insurers to cover preventative care without cost-sharing