This study throws light on the potential non-linear effects of education on individual health and health … affects individual health-related behavior. By contrast, IVs estimates based on a compulsory schooling age reform show mostly … non-significant effects. Our results point to a complex link between education and health. On the one hand, higher …

We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability …

psychiatric or other forms of health. From the date of being granted asylum, people who have waited longer perform better in the …

In this paper, we address the issue of spurious correlation in the production of health in a systematic way. Spurious … correlation entails the risk of linking health status to medical (and nonmedical) inputs when no links exist. This note first … contribution by Lichtenberg (2004), which relates longevity in the United States to pharmaceutical innovation and public health …

-2000, and we merge these with historical data on macro-economic outcomes and health indicators. We estimate duration models and …

Does the long-term economic stress of occupational decline cause health problems, or even death? This paper explores …