Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses … newly available longitudinal data from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India to estimate the impact of the introduction of a … ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the …

We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labour during World War …

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

malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …

an overview of this literature, focusing on studies which seek to establish the causal effect of cannabis use on health …, education and labor market success. We conclude that there do not appear to be serious harmful health effects of moderate … cannabis use. Nevertheless, there is evidence of reduced mental well-being for heavy users who are susceptible to mental health …

relationship between marriage and health for working-age (20 to 64) individuals. In both data sets married agents are healthier … than unmarried ones, and the health gap between married and unmarried agents widens by age. After controlling for … observables, a gap of about 12 percentage points in self-reported health persists for ages 55-59. We estimate the marriage health …

also casts doubts on recent findings about a positive effect of health on education. This is because health raises the … that longevity and health have had a minor effect, if any, on the transition from stagnation to growth via investment in …