We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large … social determinants of health. Using comparable health survey data from China and the United States, we compare health … inequality trends throughout the period covering the public health insurance coverage expansions in the two countries. We find …

relate this process with health and retirement issues. Five dimensions of the ageing process have been considered: population … major individual lifetime landmarks have been evolving in a way that may not be mutually compatible. As for how health …

This study estimates the causal effect of working hours on health. We deal with the endogeneity of working hours … on subjective and several objective health measures. The effects are mainly driven by women and parents of minor children …

proclamations of a classlesssociety, there were substantial differences in physical stature in East-Germany.Social differences in …

Child skills are shaped by parental investments. Health shocks to parents can affect these investments and their … children's skills. This paper estimates causal effects of severe parental health shocks on child socio-emotional skills …

This paper investigates the relationship between health insurance coverage and risky health behaviors among young … Affordable Care Act required all employers to provide health insurance to employees' children until the age of 26 (before … September, 2010), many health insurance contracts covered dependents through age 19. Using a regression discontinuity design …

(MLTPA) laws on smoking behavior among young adults. Using data from the confidential version of National Longitudinal Survey … the MLTPA on several indicators of smoking among youth is minor and often insignificant. However, we also show that … granting legal access to cigarettes and tobacco products at the MLTPA leads to an increase in several indicators of smoking …