implications for population health and the environment: improved cookstoves. Motivated by a model of intra-household decision …

, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and mental health). Our undiscounted estimates indicate that the cost of the … most costly domains are cardiovascular disease and mental health, followed by respiratory disease. Our analyses also reveal …

extensive patent protection accelerates it. Health policy institutions, and economic and demographic factors that make markets …

Environmental quality in many developing countries is poor and generates substantial health and productivity costs … development economics: Given poor environmental quality and high health burdens in developing countries, why is WTP so low? We …

-income countries. In doing so, it focuses on fertility outcomes (the number and timing of births), women's health and socio …-economic outcomes (mortality, human capital, and labor force participation), and children's health and socio-economic outcomes …

documents the long-run health effects of early life exposure to drought and investigates an important source of heterogeneity in … variation, I estimate long-run health impacts of drought exposure among Africans confined to homelands during apartheid. Drought … long-run effects on health human capital, migrant networks in poor economies provide one channel through which families …

"substandard"). While both types of poor-quality drugs can be dangerous, they differ in health consequence, price, and potential … Global Pharma Health Fund e.V. Minilab® protocol, we find 9.88% of samples have less than 80% of the correct active …

It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and … lung functioning or health and there is no change in fuel consumption (and presumably greenhouse gas emissions). The … and health technologies in real-world settings where behavior may temper impacts, and to test them over a long enough …