Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic … is a quantum effect, the latter two effects reflect changes in the timing of events. Efficient public health policy …

population growth, an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate micro-founded fertility and schooling into … future economic growth - when fertility is going to be below replacement level in virtually all fully developed countries …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

biosocial pathways playing an important role in shaping the fertility-health-nexus. Specifically, the Western German "male …Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the role of childbearing history in later life health … better self-rated health in Western German mothers and fathers aged 50+, but its relationship with Eastern German women …

Fertility has begun to fall in Sub-Saharan Africa but it remains high on average and particularly for a few countries …. This paper examines African fertility using a panel data set of 47 Sub-Saharan countries between 1962 and 2003. Fixed and … poverty level, and the health of the population including total health expenditures and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The …

supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses …