This paper carries out an exploratory investigation into the effect of various types of social interaction on health in … that the frequency of meetings with friends is significantly and positively associated with self-perceived health. The … and weakly negative predictor of good health. Other relevant explanatory variables are education and work status. …

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 …