distribution of illiteracy and infant mortality. Across provinces and within provinces, between rural and urban areas and within …

food-borne disease, our model also makes predictions regarding health outcomes. We find that child-mortality patterns …

, water quality, and health outcomes of Uruguay's nationalization of water services. An important advantage of focusing on …

The first half of the twentieth century saw rapid improvements in the health and height of British children. Average … height and health can be related to infant mortality through a positive selection effect and a negative scarring effect …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …

Increases in human stature are seen as a key indicator of improvement in the average health of populations. The … increased by 11cm--representing a dramatic improvement in health. Interestingly, there was a distinct acceleration in the period … and falling family size had more modest effects. Improvements in health care are hard to identify and the effects of the …