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 …

between socio-economic status and health outcomes. We find that, even after conditioning on the initial health status, wealth … rankings are important determinants of mortality and the evolution of the health indicator in the survey. For men aged 65 …

the level of nutrition and health on economic, social, and demographic behavior. It is based on a set of samples covering …

A growing literature argues that early environments affecting childhood health may influence significantly later …-life health and financial wellbeing. We present new evidence on the relationship between child health and later-life outcomes …

pain in mid-life (age 44) on health, wellbeing and labor market outcomes in later life. We examine data taken at age 50 in … chronic pain at age 44 continue to report pain and poor general health in their 50s. However, the associations are much … stronger for those with chronic pain. Furthermore, chronic pain at age 44 is associated with a range of poor mental health …

There is a strong, positive and well-documented correlation between education and health outcomes. There is much less … evidence on the extent to which this correlation reflects the causal effect of education on health - the parameter of interest … education on health. Our approach exploits two changes to British compulsory schooling laws that generated sharp differences in …

We use data from the Whitehall II study to examine the potential role played by early-life health and circumstances in … determining health and employment status in middle and older ages. The population from which the Whitehall II cohort was drawn …-life conditions based on the Whitehall II cohort provide a lower bound on the effect of early-life circumstances on adult health and …

There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and between child health and education … status (as measured by education, income, occupation, or in some cases area of residence) and child health, and between child … health and adult education or income. Specifically, I ask two questions: What is the evidence regarding whether parental …