This paper considers the relationship between economic conditions and health with a focus on different approaches to … state-level analyses of mortality and infant health and then consider how the estimated effects vary when the analysis is … smaller in magnitude. Further analyses suggest this is due to spillover effects of economic conditions on health outcomes …

of the neighborhood effect on health using observational data, which has the advantage of providing general results that … pollution, crime, and noise) on self-assessed health, presence of chronic conditions and limitations in daily activities. We … to health, through instrumental variable methods and several endogeneity tests. The main novelty is the sound estimation …

The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens …. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational …

We present a generalized solution to Grossman’s model of health capital (1972), relaxing the widely used assumption … that individuals can adjust their health stock instantaneously to an “optimal” level without adjustment costs. The Grossman … model then predicts the existence of a health threshold above which individuals do not demand medical care. Our generalized …

Whereas a large literature has shown the importance of early life health for adult socioeconomic outcomes, there is … little evidence on the importance of adolescent health. We contribute to the literature by studying the impact of adolescent … health status on adult labor market outcomes using a unique and large-scale dataset covering almost the entire population of …

Employers are increasingly adopting workplace wellness programs designed to improve employee health and decrease … employer costs associated with health insurance and job absenteeism. This paper examines the outcomes of 2635 workers across 24 …