This paper investigates whether chronic illnesses and injuries have a significant impact on individual performance in the labor market. We use the ?Santé et Itinéraires Professionnels? (SIP, ?Health and Labor Market Histories?) survey, conducted in France in the period 2006-2007. We evaluate...

The book is based on original data and field studies from Brazil, Thailand, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on the issue of universal and free access to treatment (a goal now taken to heart by the international community), it assesses the progress made and presents a rigorous diagnosis of...

Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed and, at the same time, working affects the health...