Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

factors, insurance coverage and access to health services. We provide suggestive evidence that the observed pediatric changes …

activating any estimated additional work capacity should take into account, when possible, the heterogeneity of health conditions …Considering mortality and health status, we question the fact that the reforms may have gone too far in increasing the …: one based on the gap in employment rates across time for given mortality rates; the other using the work/health …

to reduce incentives to retire early. However, it is unknown to what extent older individuals have the health capacity to … sustain the longer working lives that delayed pension benefits may encourage. We estimate the health capacity to work longer … the past, and how much younger individuals today with similar self-assessed health work. We find substantial health …

Has U.S. health care for the elderly become more equitable during the past several decades? When inequality is measured … their intrinsic shortcomings; expenditures depend on preferences, health status, and prices, while outcomes are strongly … affected by health behavior and past illness. We suggest a new approach to measuring inequality: the use of quality …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …