We propose a causal analysis of the mother’s educational level on the health status of the newborn, in terms of …. The analysis confirms that standard regression overestimates the impact of education on the child health. With respect to … the current economic literature, our findings indicate that only high education has positive consequences on child health …

This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

interaction on health in Italy. After controlling for household income, education, work status and a number of socio …-perceived health. The frequency of visits with relatives has a significant, but weaker effect. Membership in voluntary organizations is … a significant and weakly negative predictor of good health. Other relevant explanatory variables are education and work …

Using a rich cross-sectional dataset, we estimate the effect of meetings with friends on self-perceived health, chronic … correlated with self-perceived health, negatively associated with chronic conditions but not related to limitations in activities …

increase in the prevalence of "regular immigrants" has led to an improvement in health outcomes of babies born to migrant women …

-effects related to smoking bans, and cigarette prices, and taxes on health behaviors. Our findings show that smoking bans not only had … cigarette prices and taxes affected the health behaviors of disadvantaged population groups. Robustness analyses show that …

-benefit analysis reveals that quitting smoking implies savings for the National Health Service which are much larger than the costs …