Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The … in investing in health and how these barriers can be overcome, and to assess the impacts of subsequent health gains. This … chapter first discusses the methodological pitfalls that field experiments in the health sector are particularly susceptible …

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health and living standards around the world. This article provides an interim …-economic effects in terms of living standards, education, health, and gender equality, which appear to be unprecedented in depth and …

Self-control problems constitute a potential explanation for the under-investment in preventive health care observed in … different commitment contracts, but find no effects on actual doctor visits or individual health outcomes. Thus, a substantial … experiencing any health benefit. We develop and structurally estimate a pre-specified model of consumer behavior under present bias …

This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health …

This study estimates long-run impacts of a child health investment, exploiting community-wide experimental variation in …

An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks … negative early health shocks at ages 0-3, the other twin sibling who did suffer negative health shocks received RMB 305 more in … terms of health investments, but received RMB 182 less in terms of educational investments in the 12 months prior to the …

an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …

We assess evidence from randomized control trials (RCTs) on long-run economic productivity and living standards in poor … focus on cash transfer and child health programs, and show that a meaningful subset can realistically be evaluated for long …

transmission, deworming creates substantial externality health and school participation benefits among untreated children in the …