spouse, disability, and a move to a nursing home, may affect the mental health status of the individual. For example, the … behaviour, health status, and major life events, over time. To deal with endogenous aspects of these events we apply fixed … that the results are of importance for the design of health care and labour market policy towards the elderly. …

prevalence of contagious disease might evolve toward growth-inhibiting social institutions and how small initial differences can …

in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and document a set of striking facts. The incentive induces 22% of …

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 … two key channels: nutrition and the disease environment. The evidence suggests that the most important single cause of …

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 …