claims from Vietnam veterans, raising concerns about costs as well as health. We use the draft lottery to study the long …-term effects of Vietnam-era military service on health and work in the 2000 Census. These estimates show no significant overall …

We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main … causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index …

suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …'s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …

intergenerational transmission or well-being and health. Some studies have proposed to use employer wage differentials and in particular …Many literatures investigate the causal impact of income on economic outcomes, for example in the context of … industry affiliation as an instrument for income. We demonstrate that industry affiliation is correlated with fixed individual …

survey data covering 278,000 children in 45 low-income countries. We find that parents' education and a mother's propensity … treatment services, we find that public and private health systems are "equally unequal", that is, both tend to favor children … facts contrast with a common view that a much-expanded public health sector is necessary to reduce child mortality. Instead …

disorders, especially among young women. This paper models how self-image and peer effects influence health-related behaviours …