We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main … causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index …

of shared responses to long-term illness in communities constantly negotiating financial, health and psychological …

, offering a more holistic approach to improving child health, as quitting smoking is only half of the battle …We estimate the harm from smoking during pregnancy upon child birth outcomes, using a rich dataset on a cohort of … mothers and their births. We exploit a fixed effects approach to disentangle the correlation between smoking and birth weight …

for excessive food intake), alcohol intake and smoking might explain the persistence of health inequalities. We …More needs to be known about the origins of health inequalities and their measurement. This paper contributes by … empirically examine data from two countries, England and Spain, which exhibit rising obesity levels, as well as smoking and …

suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …’s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …

The analysis in this paper focuses on the impact of health on the savings and consumption decisions of the elderly. In … principle, there are at least five alternative channels through which health may affect consumption and savings. Ill health may … affect both consumption capacities and needs while the risk of deteriorating health might increase subjective mortality …

Health care spending has risen steadily in most countries, becoming a concern for decision-makers worldwide … their focus beyond costs solely to include consideration of whether medical technology results in better value in health …

Do wealth shocks affect the health of the elderly in developed countries? The economic literature is skeptical about … also matter for the health of wealthy retirees in the US. I exploit the booms and busts in the US stock market as a natural … experiment that generated considerable gains and losses in the wealth of stock-holding retirees. Using data from the Health and …