, and depends on three factors: longevity genes, health investment and farsightedness. Provided earnings, farsightedness and …

The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens …. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational …) the use of such treatment improved these patients' survival. -- education ; health ; inequality …

Empirical studies show that years of schooling are positively correlated with good health. The implication may go from … education to health, from health to education, or from factors that influence both variables. We formalize a model that … determines an individual's demand for knowledge and health based on the causal effects, and study the impacts on the individual …

We investigate the effects of incentivizing early prenatal care utilization on infant health by exploiting a reform … health. We further provide suggestive evidence that improved maternal health-related knowledge and behaviors during pregnancy … are plausible channels through which the reform might have affected fetal health. …

Transport has significant externalities including carbon emissions and air pollution. Public health research has … identified additional social gains from active travel, due to health benefits of physical exercise. Per mile, these benefits …

In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic … diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health … deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of infections affects the accumulation of chronic health deficits …

Longevity expectations (LE) are subjective assessments of future health status that can influence a number of … individual health protective decisions. This is especially true during a pandemic such as COVID-19, as the risk of ill health … on protective health behaviours and a number of decisions around access to health care, using data from the Survey of …

interventions improve health outcomes. However, these positive effects do not translate to better labor outcomes, such as earnings …