education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run effects. We use individual records of Swedish birth cohorts from 1915 … direct biological mechanisms. We do not find evidence of indirect pathways through ability or education, and the long …-run effects are not mitigated by education. …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … long run for 23% to 45% of the entire effect of education on health, depending on gender. …

We examine the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several …

to an economic collapse. We also show that the epidemic may exacerbate inequality. Pooling health risks in the society …

A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls’ dropout, pregnancy, and … education subsidies alone. These results are inconsistent with a model of schooling and sexual behavior in which both pregnancy …

deterioration of the health care system, changes in diet and obesity, and material deprivation fail to explain the increase in …

Strengthening the relationship of accountability between health service providers and citizens is by many people viewed … as critical for improving access to and quality of health care. How this is to be achieved, and whether it works, however … communities began to more extensively monitor the provider, both the quality and quantity of health service provision improved …

loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss …We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job … as job displacements due to plant closure are unlikely caused by workers' health status, but potentially have important …

Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses … ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the … for children, providing large and significant health gains for children whose families suffered from drought. …