consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

Has U.S. health care for the elderly become more equitable during the past several decades? When inequality is measured … their intrinsic shortcomings; expenditures depend on preferences, health status, and prices, while outcomes are strongly … affected by health behavior and past illness. We suggest a new approach to measuring inequality: the use of quality …

cash welfare recipients to estimate the effect of childhood Medicaid eligibility on adult health, labor supply, program …-based eligibility accumulated more Medicaid eligibility in childhood but did not differ on a range of other health, socioeconomic, and … extensive margin labor supply, and reduces receipt of disability transfer programs and public health insurance up to 50 years …

We study the impact of health shocks on domestic violence and illicit drug use. We argue that health is a form of human … differences in these women's health prior to the breakthrough. We show evidence that health improvements induced by the … breakthrough reduced domestic violence and illicit drug use. Our findings provide support for the idea that health improvements can …

The demand for health care and healthcare professionals is predicted to grow significantly over the next decade …. Securing an adequate health care workforce is of primary importance to ensure the health and wellbeing of the population in an … healthcare professionals and are also controversial. At issue is a balance between protecting the public health and removing …

Productivity spillovers are often cited as a reason for geographic specialization in production. A large literature in … show that a simple Roy model of patient treatment choice with productivity spillovers can generate these facts. Our model …

through learning by doing. These models imply that increased specialization accelerates productivity growth by more fully … realizing dynamic economies of scale. In order to test the hypothesis that specialization increases productivity growth in LDCs … countries, the index of specialization is positively and significantly correlated with manufacturing productivity growth. We …

, advanced imaging, and surgeries). Using a differences-in-differences design coupled with granular, administrative health …

We explore economic model of health behaviors. While the standard economic model of health as an investment is …. Most prominently, the correlation of different health behaviors across people is virtually zero, suggest that standard …