U.S., their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. We examine the impacts of … by which sentencing policies can affect population health. We provide suggestive evidence that three strikes policies … further interrogate state criminal legal system policies for their impacts on population health, considering whether, how, and …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in … the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a … intergenerational health, our results are a lower bound …

This paper provides new evidence on the causal relationship between income and health by studying a randomized … measures of physical health as captured by multiple well-validated survey measures and biomarkers derived from blood draws. We … can rule out even very small improvements in physical health and the effect that would be implied by the cross …

There is much debate about the effects of pharmaceutical direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) on health care use. In …

multiple dimensions of subjective well-being and objective health behaviors, laying bare gender disparities in health … behaviors, report enhanced self-perceived health, perceive higher relative income and social status, and exude greater … fact, they tend to engage in health-compromising behaviors, such as increased smoking, and exhibit higher rates of obesity …

concerns that inclusion of race as a covariate exacerbates and perpetuates long-standing disparities in quality of health care … health care resources …