Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses … ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the … for children, providing large and significant health gains for children whose families suffered from drought. …

responds to earnings shocks. If productivity depends on nutrition, this explains some but not all of the response, as earnings …

This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and …, but it did not affect other dimensions of health, including life expectancy. We find that, at age 20, those born in …

the causes and effects of long-term changes in the health of the European populations. The paper surveys methods which had …

Were cash benefits and welfare services available to the unemployed sufficient to protect them from ill-health? Recent …, confidential reports of the Ministry of Health and Board of Education, to point out that expert witnesses were increasingly …