U.S., their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. We examine the impacts of … by which sentencing policies can affect population health. We provide suggestive evidence that three strikes policies … further interrogate state criminal legal system policies for their impacts on population health, considering whether, how, and …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …

We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in … the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a … intergenerational health, our results are a lower bound …

related to health. I review and assess the large and growing body of evidence on minimum wage effects on a wide variety of … health outcomes and health-related behaviors …The evidence on overall physical health is mixed. The findings on diet and obesity either point to beneficial or null …

to provide novel evidence on economic inequality in infant and maternal health. We find that birth outcomes vary non …---have a death rate that is half that of infants of parents in the bottom ventile. When studying maternal health, we find a … racial disparities, and we observe virtually no convergence in health outcomes across racial and ethnic groups as income …