ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the … for children, providing large and significant health gains for children whose families suffered from drought. …Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses …

the causes and effects of long-term changes in the health of the European populations. The paper surveys methods which had …

Were cash benefits and welfare services available to the unemployed sufficient to protect them from ill-health? Recent …, confidential reports of the Ministry of Health and Board of Education, to point out that expert witnesses were increasingly …

longitudinal data from children growing up in developing countries to study the role of early nutritional history in shaping this … found is unlikely to be mediated by the effect that undernutrition can have on academic performance. …

responds to earnings shocks. If productivity depends on nutrition, this explains some but not all of the response, as earnings …

Standard insurance models predict that people with high (health) risks have high insurance coverage. It is empirically … documented that people with high income have lower health risks and are better insured. We show that income differences between … traditionally viewed as an intervention which increases efficiency and raises the utility of low health agents, we show that with a …

We analyze exclusive contracts between health care providers and insurers in a model where some consumers choose to …