use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impacts of a communication training program for mothers on child health in … husbands and, thereby, boost investments in children's health. We find that the program increases spousal discussion about the … family's health, nutrition, and finances. However, this does not increase overall adoption of health-promoting behaviors or …

evidence from humans support claims of an adverse relationship between lead pollution and human health. Since lead exposure is … has been given to lead's impact on fertility, infant mortality, and infant health. This paper examines the existing quasi …

Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax …-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This paper discusses two rationales for this transition …. First, health insurance would boost fiscal revenues for health care, as post-treatment out-of-pocket payments to providers …

communication credit to low-income adults is a cost-effective policy for improving mental health. Communication - the ability to …Mental health disorders account for a significant share of the overall global disease burden. The economic losses from … such disorders are staggeringly large, particularly in low-income countries, where people are faced with several unexpected …

did not affect other health-seeking behavior of mothers. The results illustrate the potential spillover effects of …

Bias among health care providers can lead to poor-quality care and poor health outcomes, and it can exacerbate …

This paper provides new evidence on the causal relationship between income and health by studying a randomized …-sectional correlation between income and health lies well outside our confidence intervals. We also find that the transfer did not improve … experiment in which 1,000 low-income adults in the United States received $1,000 per month for three years, with 2,000 control …

We use data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco Use and Health (PATH), a longitudinal data set including self …