This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …

measuring the effects of child maltreatment on crime using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add … Health). We focus on crime because it is one of the most socially costly potential outcomes of maltreatment, and because the …

Using data from three waves of Add Health we find that being very attractive reduces a young adult's (ages 18 …

Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we exploit exogenous variation in deployment assignment to estimate the effect of combat …

-ray absorptiometry (DXA), among youths ages 12 through 18. The empirical analyses employ data from various waves of the National Health …

health, the causal effect of combat is not well established. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of … Adolescent Health, we exploit exogenous variation in deployment assignment and find that soldiers deployed to combat zones where … suicidal ideation, psychological counseling, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our estimates imply lower-bound health …

While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …