whether debts burdens hamper people's health. Several measures of debt strain are constructed, including debt-to-income ratios …-mortgage debts and explores the role of social norm effects in the debt-health relationship. The results, based on a random effects …'s health. Furthermore, mild social norm effects are detected, according to which being less indebted than the reference group …

whether debts burdens hamper people's health. Several measures of debt strain are constructed, including debt-to-income ratios …-mortgage debts and explores the role of social norm effects in the debt-health relationship. The results, based on a random effects …'s health. Furthermore, mild social norm effects are detected, according to which being less indebted than the reference group …

Job insecurity exerts negative effects on self-reported health. Using the Spanish Survey of Household Finances for 2011 …-2014, this paper asks whether and to what extent debt burdens enhance these detrimental health effects. To address potential … that the negative effect of job insecurity on self-assessed health is exacerbated if the individual is over …

Many developing countries have recently increased health insurance coverage at a large scale. While it is commonly … believed that this has positive effects, to date, it is not well understood through which channels health insurance coverage …. There are two main reasons for this. First, we lack detailed data on health care utilization and health outcomes, and second …

This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service using Australia's National … conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use … significant detrimental effects on a number of morbidity measures. Hearing and mental health appear to be particularly affected. …

This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health. …

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …

People may have imperfect information about their health status and thus make suboptimal decisions in insurance …-economic status and poorer health are relatively less likely to realize how unhealthy they are and this overconfidence is associated … with no insurance participation. Accurate health information provided through physical examinations induces relatively …

clinics, called Family Health Centers, on a walk-in basis. Although reducing fertility was not specified among the goals of … the reform, reproductive-health and family-planning services have been covered under the FMP. To establish causality, we … 20-29. These results can be explained by increased access to and reduced cost of reproductive-health and family …

income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of the children of … immigrants. Their parents are disproportionately represented in minimum wage jobs, typically have less access to health care and … the National Health Interview Survey from the years 2000 - 2015, we examine whether children of low-educated immigrants …