Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses … newly available longitudinal data from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India to estimate the impact of the introduction of a … ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the …

account (covering education and training), and a health account (covering insurance against sickness and disability). Unlike …, cushioning people against economic risk, ensuring efficient provision of health and education services, providing social safety …

comparison effect, decrease subsequent demand. This tension is particularly important for the distribution of health products in … Northern Uganda in which three health products differing in their scope for learning were initially offered either for free or …

This paper constructs a dynamic model of health insurance to evaluate the short- and long run effects of policies that … prevent firms from conditioning wages on health conditions of their workers, and that prevent health insurance companies from … charging individuals with adverse health conditions higher insurance premia. Our study is motivated by recent US legislation …

variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual … positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective …