Nascent research suggests intergenerational health mobility may be relatively high and non-genetic factors may make … room for policy intervention. This project broadens this direction by considering heterogeneous intergenerational health … adolescents (Add Health), this study finds large spatial variation in intergenerational health mobility in the United States. On …

developing more effective workplace and public policies to improve health in older ages …Occupation is discussed as a social determinant of health. Occupation has received little attention in this light in … health, and mother's education. We contend that first occupation is a choice made relatively early in life that affects …

Using a sample of sibling pairs from the PSID-CDS, we examine the effects of sibling health status on early educational … improving children's health through family multiplier effects …

-life health find inconclusive and mixed results. This paper re-evaluates this literature and studies the long-term effects of in …