We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …

The Russian Federation has experienced simultaneous declines in health and rises in international migration. Guided by … Federation exhibit better overall health than the native-born? Second, to the extent positive health selectivity exists, is it … idea of positive health selection among international migrants from non-Slavic regions. The effect of migrant status …

health - the paper also studies the impact of context on risk attitudes, finding a strong but imperfect correlation across …

is affected by the human capital of her colleagues. This is the case for goods such as health, education, legal services …

, occupational choice, wages, and health. Using panel data from Vietnam and an instrumental variables strategy, we evaluate the … reduced schooling, particularly for girls. We find no significant effects of child labour on several indicators of health …

progress in terms of increasing life expectancy. Within the theoretical context of Health Transition, the authors provide a …

allow a time varying measurement of SES, health and behavior. Event-history-analysis is applied to analyze mortality … decreasing health. The first finding that health rather than age is the equalizer combined with the second finding of unequally … distributed health leads to the conclusion that in old age, the impact of SES is transferred to health and is stable across ages. …

deterioration of the health care system, changes in diet and obesity, and material deprivation fail to explain the increase in …