but others, including greenhouse gas emissions, continue to rise. Poor air and water quality threaten human health, create …

The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of … social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this … best predictor of health. We point out the existence of health disparities based on socio-economic status. Poorer and less …

-perceived health. …

We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset … modelling, we find that happiness is strongly correlated with perceived good health, after controlling for a number of relevant … socio-economic phenomena. Health inequalities based on income, work status and education are relatively contained in respect …

This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

well as the health benefits arising from the reduction in local air pollution. The shadow price of pollution is calculated … indirectly through its impact on life expectancy. Taking into account the health benefits of mitigation policies significantly …

with previous studies of subjective wellbeing, show that, apart from income, the state of health, not being unemployed, and … progress with wellbeing in general, or what seems to matter for wellbeing—health, being employed and social contacts-- beyond …

This paper investigates the non-pecuniary benefits of education in terms of several individuals' health outcomes …, health-damaging and health-improving behaviors,and preventive care. We exploit a reform which raised compulsory schooling by … literature, we analyze a wide range of health indicators. Our analysis shows that the rise in schooling induced by the reform …

This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using … wide range of health behaviors (e.g. alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity, diet and sleep) as potential … mechanisms. The results show a long-run improvement in health upon retirement. Relief from work-related stress, increased sleep …

There is a persistent association between health and portfolio choice, but hardly anything is known about the … longitudinal data to take into account and explain unobserved heterogeneity in the association between health and portfolio choice …