We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in … Mexico. The Seguro Popular (SP) was rolled out in 2002-2010 across municipalities, providing exogenous variation in access to … health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat estimates show that SP reduced child mortality by 7% in poor …

is not explicit in Sen's original set-up, but is key to the development and happiness of young children. A second set of … association with parenting inputs is stronger. Thirdly, we report happiness regressions for the children which seem to suggest …

). These variables include one's state of health, social support and participation, exercise, job satisfaction and satisfaction …

fuel poverty and a set of well-being outcomes: life-satisfaction, self-reported health measures and more objectively … associations with life satisfaction and fibrinogen, one of our biological health measures. The presence of these strong … deprivation indicators as well as in the case of self-reported generic measures of physical health. Lifestyle and chronic health …

We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting … to worse mental and physical health outcomes in old age as reflected in particular in worse cognitive function, a higher … childhood ; education ; health ; Taiwan …

. Ultimately, the effects on longer-run outcomes (subjective health, wellbeing, education) are grave and similar for both genders. …

.e., substance abuse), as well as internalizing behavior (i.e., mental health) and in their (labor-market) optimism and expectations …

We study the impact of adult children's internal migration on the health and subjective well-being of elderly parents … positive effect of the migration of daughters on parents' health and life satisfaction, but no such beneficial effects when …

-range of birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age and an indicator of general newborn health. We control for … of having a late birth and negatively affected newborn health - with the largest effects for earthquakes that occurred in …