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 …

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 …

-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 …

impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health. We model household demand for paternal … physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from … documented — but also indirectly, as fathers' inability to respond to domestic shocks exacerbates the maternal health costs of …

We provide novel evidence on how the COVID-19 global health and economic crisis is affecting overall life satisfaction …-specific satisfaction during the COVID-19 outbreak, except satisfaction with health. These declines coincide with the introduction of a …

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 …

. Evidence on intervening pathways suggests that health rather than schooling is the most important channel in connecting early …

This paper studies the causal effect of maternal and paternal unemployment on child health in China, analyzing panel … paternal unemployment reduces child health, while maternal unemployment has beneficial child health impacts. Analysis of … certain health investments, including children's diets. Our results support the notion that traditional gender roles can …

Economic shocks at birth have lasting impacts on children's health several years after the shock. We calculate height … poor households. There is no impact of these shocks on boys' health status. Results are robust to using household level …