We analyze the interplay between longevity, pollution and growth. We develop an OLG model where longevity, pollution … and growth are endogenous. The authorities may provide two types of public services, public health and environmental … poverty trap. We examine changes in public policies: increasing public intervention on health or environmental maintenance …

We analyze the effects of a school-based incentive program on children's exercise habits. The program offers children …

We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health … causality mechanisms between these three components (school absenteeism, health status and child labor) can occur either way, it …

We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health … causality mechanisms between these three components (school absenteeism, health status and child labor) can occur either way, it …

reduce child mortality and that the impact of health aid is non-linear, suggesting that health aid is more effective in the … seem to be more effective in reducing mortality for children belonging to the richest households, whereas neither pro …-poor nor anti-poor effect is found for health aid. …

AbstractThis paper concerns the difficulty of taking long-term effects on health into account in an economic valuation … achievement of all of the expected mortality-related benefits for any projects involving health impacts. This paper shows how this … - within a dynamic perspective. The main findings are that long-term health benefits calculated by standard methods and widely …

This paper presents the first study of environmental inequality related to health in France at the national scale … rate in relation to socioeconomic status and air pollution. Concentration level of CO, SO2, NO2, NO, O3 and PM10 are … results not only confirm the existence of short term relationships between current air pollution levels and mortality but also …

This paper examines the link between health inequalities, air pollution and political institutions. In health economics … this literature by investigating how air pollution could explain health inequalities both between and within developing … to air pollution among income classes, prevention ability against health effect of environment degradation, capacity to …

modulated on the basis of the pollutant emission categories of vehicles in order to control atmospheric pollution. An assessment …

the valuation of air pollution effects. We show that cheap talk has a differentiated effect depending on the scenario … increases protest responses but decreases WTP values when new regional air pollution regulations are at stake. …