effects of the minimum wage on child health. We employ data from the National Survey of Children's Health in conjunction with … health. A particularly interesting finding is that much of the benefits of a higher minimum wage are associated with the …

We provide some of the first empirical evidence of maternal and fetal health effects of working during pregnancy by … using a unique dataset from the New Jersey Department of Health that includes information not only on pregnancy and birth …

, 2020, 40 states and the District of Columbia adopted SIPOs. This study explores the impact of SIPOs on health, with …

To analyze the effect of health on work, many studies use a simple self-assessed health measure based upon a question … such as "do you have an impairment or health problem limiting the kind or amount of work you can do?" A possible drawback … fact that they don't work, non-working respondents may classify a given health problem as a more serious work limitation …

Looking across many diseases, average health among mature men is much worse in America compared to England. Second …, there exists a steep negative health gradient for men in both countries where men at the bottom of the economic hierarchy … are in much worse health than those at the top. This health gradient exists whether education, income, or financial wealth …

Smith uses the HRS and AHEAD panels to examine the consequences of new health on a series of SES related outcomes- out …-of-pocket labor supply, labor force activity, household income and wealth. For each of these outcomes, new severe health events have a … health status. The reasons for this continuing predictive effect of education are explored in the paper …

Michael Grossman's seminal publication on the demand for health and health production (Grossman 1972) has spawned a … substantial body of research focusing on the production of infant health. This article provides a systematic review of the … published literature to date on infant health production and how it has evolved over the past 3-4 decades as data have become …

regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of children and infants. A rationale … for expansion of smoke-free laws implicitly presumes that potential public health gains from reducing adult cigarette … of smoking, smoking behaviors, and the health of children and infants. Using models that exploit state- and county …

Nutrition is a key input in the health production function, and a better understanding of how we eat can aid in guiding … effective policy change towards better population health. This study documents prevalence rates, trends in, and potential … real GDP per capita, labor force participation, and health care measures in a nation can partly explain the increase in …