This paper presents a theory of the demand for health, health investment and longevity, building on the human capital … framework for health and addressing limitations of existing models. It predicts a negative correlation between health investment … and health, that the health of wealthy and educated individuals declines more slowly and that they live longer, that …

, living conditions and curative care are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Their model predicts …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … part of the observed disparities in health by SES. In their model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement …

effect of breastfeeding on infant mortality. …

This paper is focused on two issues. Firstly, to what extent can we explain the observed mortality decline and secondly …

mortality differences in Cameroon by residence area, mother's education, ethnicity, marital status and union type, religion and … inteplay of those factorson differentials mortality. …

, using six biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study. They find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to …

A dynamic panel data model of neonatal mortality and birth spacing is analyzed, accounting for causal effects of birth … spacing on subsequent mortality and of mortality on the next birth interval, while controlling for unobserved heterogeneity in … mortality (frailty) and birth spacing (fecundity). The model is estimated using micro data on about 29000 children of 6700 …

status and particularly in improving the health status of rural children and reducing their mortality rates. …This paper analyzes the effect of quality and accessibility of health services and other public infrastructure on the … health of children in Ghana. We focus on child survival, child height and weight using data from the Ghana Living Standards …

availability and quality of health care services and increases in relative food prices. The health of Ivorians was probably …