Self-reported measures of health are generally treated as weak measures of respondents' objective health status. On the … other hand, most surveys use self-reported health to measure health status and to determine the effects of a range of other … socio-economic characteristics of the local environment on individual health. It is therefore of interest to the public …

of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1 … data") in order to disentangle the interplay between individual, societal and regional determinants on individuals' health …

introduced into SOEP in recent years—questions dealing with psychological concepts, physical health measures (grip strength …

This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health of workers using the German Socio …) cross-sectional causality problems and (b) absence of objective measures of physical health that complement self …-reported measures of health status. Not only does using the panel structure with individual fixed effects mitigate the bias from …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child's health during the first three years of life … significantly negative impact for some pollutants on infant health during early childhood. In comparison to outdoor pollution …

Income comparisons have been found to be important for individual health. However, the literature has so far looked … health. Relative deprivation and relative satisfaction indexes are used to summarise upward and downward comparisons. Panel … impact on health. These findings hold after correcting for unobserved heterogeneity and are robust to using quasi …

This paper studies the effects of immigration on health. We merge information on individual characteristics from the … component of the data to analyse how immigration affects the health of both immigrants and natives over time. Upon their arrival …, immigrants are found to be healthier than the natives (healthy immigrant effect), but their health deteriorates over time spent …

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 and strain …