We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …

The Irish-born population in England is in worse health than both the native population and the Irish population in … Ireland, however, are healthier than the English population. The substantial Irish health penalty arises principally for … cohorts born between 1920 and 1960. This paper attempts to understand the processes that generated this migrant health pattern …

This paper investigates the effects of retirement on various health outcomes. Data stem from the first three waves of …

In this paper we argue that the fertility decline that began around 1880 had substantial positive effects on the health … degree of crowding in the household. The evidence suggests that family size affected the health of children through its … falling family size contributed significantly to improving child health between 1886 and 1938. Between 1906 and 1938 these …

to quarterly British data on chronic health conditions for those of working age over the period 2002-2016. We find strong … and robust counter-cyclical relationships for overall chronic health, and for five broad types of health conditions …. Chronic health conditions therefore increase in poor economic times. There is considerable spatial heterogeneity across local …

as a whole, promotees do not exhibit a health improvement after promotion. Instead the data suggest that workers with … good health are more likely to be promoted. In the private sector, we find that job promotion significantly worsens people …

to the improvement in health (and the increase in height) during the twentieth century …

This paper aims to identify the causal effect of English language skills on education, health and fertility outcomes of … degrees, but do not affect child health and self-reported adult health. The impact of language on fertility outcomes is also … considerable: Better English skills significantly delay the age at which a woman has her first child, lower the likelihood of …

at reducing the number of claims and targeting benefits more closely to those with the greatest health need. At the same … framework to explore the relative importance of health status, benefit generosity and local labour market conditions for … line with older evidence, while health status is clearly important, geographic variation in labour market conditions and …