This chapter contains a detailed treatment of the human capital model of the demand for health which was originally developed in 1972. Theoretical predictions are discussed, and theoretical extensions of the model are reviewed. Empirical research that tests the predictions of the model or...

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of the community health center on health levels in the United States. Using infant mortality as the underlying health indicator and a time series of large counties as the data set, the authors investigate the extent to which the presence of a program...

We use the 1997 Education Law in Turkey that increased compulsory formal schooling from five to eight years to study the effect of women's education on a range of outcomes relating to women's fertility, their children's health and measures of empowerment. We apply an instrumental variables...