Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of socially responsible investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential employees. In one of the first studies to assess these ratings, we examine how well the most widely used...

A major benefit of health insurance coverage is that it protects the insured from unexpected medical costs that may devastate their personal finances. In this paper, we use detailed credit report information on a large panel of individuals to examine the effect of a major health care reform in...

We review the literature on how parental investments respond to health endowments at birth. Recent studies have combined insights from an earlier theoretical literature on how households allocate resources within the family, with a growing empirical literature that identifies early life health...