In this paper we hypothesize that education is associated with a higher efficiency of health investment, yet that this … efficiency advantage is solely driven by intelligence. We operationalize efficiency of health investment as the probability of … the higher educated to be more efficient users of health investment - intelligent individuals have a clear survival …

Evidence for the short-term impact of early intervention on childhood health is weak and inconsistent. Using rigorous … programme on child health. The treatment provides mentoring visits from pregnancy until school entry to improve child outcomes … through positively affecting parenting. In a context where socioeconomic inequalities in health have yet to emerge, modest …

Malaria kills about 1,500 children every day. Based on the Demographic and Health Surveys, we examine malaria treatment … practices of various health care providers in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 90 percent of the world’s deaths due to … malaria occur. To assess the quality of each health care provider (including, among others, public health centers and …

Health-maximizing and welfare-maximizing behaviors can be at odds, especially among disadvantaged groups, generating … health disparities. We estimate a lifecycle model of medication and labor supply decisions using data on HIV-positive men. We … interfered with work. A counterfactual mandate to use HAART improves health but increases inequality because low …

Missed clinic appointments present a significant burden to health care through disruption of care, inefficient use of …

Missed clinic appointments present a significant burden to health care through disruption of care, inefficient use of …

public health intervention.Furthermore, the gains from the disease control program are not limited to the initially treated … benefited more from the intervention and we present new evidence that a narrowing of the gap in childhood health can lead to a …