This essay contributes in two ways to the literature on the effects of economic circumstances on health. First, it … the unexpected repeal of the Swedish inheritance tax. Second, it analyzes responses in health outcomes from administrative … registers. The results show that increased wealth has limited impacts on objective adult health over a period of six years. This …

We use individual and multi-level data from Zambia on child nutritional health to test the absolute income hypothesis …-linear positive relation between economic resources and health, confirming the AIH. For the RIH we find sensitivity to what reference … affect health negatively, we find higher income inequality to robustly associate with better child health. The results …

to pay attention to the health effects of a longer working life, with rather mixed results thus far. Utilizing panel data … evidence of the health effects of retirement.In contrast to prior research, we analyze both the impact of being retired and the …, general, mental and physical health.In addition, we show that the impact on selfassessed health remains similar in models …

Good health is crucial for human and economic development. In particular poor health in childhood seems to be of utmost … strong force affecting adult and child health outcomes. Yet, there is much unexplained variation with respect to the … globalization effect on child health, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. One factor that could explain such …

We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health … and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large, virtually free of attrition, and … assigned. In adults, we find no evidence that wealth impacts mortality or health care utilization, with the possible exception …

strong economic development in Sweden during the last two decades, namely product market reforms and incentives to innovate …