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 …

There is theoretical evidence that economic and family policies have an important impact on mother''s employment. The … aim of this article is to study empirically the women''s transitions from employment to non-employment after they have …-birth employment across time and how these shifts are related to - cross-country - different policies and society. We also test if the …

This paper investigates whether there exists an employment penalty from motherhood in Spain. In particular, we are … interested in transitions from employment to non-employment and downward occupational mobility. Results show that Spanish women … experience significant transitions from employment to non-employment after first birth and these shifts are strongly linked to …

.e. high unemployment rates and fixedterm contracts) postpone childbearing. We test if female employment (full and part … a first, second and third child using a Cox hazard approach. Results show that female employment delays marriage in …

-consumption. We provide an example of how this concept of informal activities can be operationalised to analyse informal employment …

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 …