One theory for why there is an education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly … absorb new health-related information. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) controversy provides a case where, for a short …

The paper develops and applies a Grossman-style health production model set up in discrete time to explain the impact … of environmental pollution on the demand for both health and health care. In order to introduce the environment, our … analysis takes changes in environmental conditions to influence the rate at which an individual's stock of health depreciates …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …-dimensionality in these health effects. The empirical findings reflect the multi-dimensionality but allow for deriving two broader …

information sessions for hygienic menstrual health care implemented by an experienced local NGO, and we vary the salience of … health-adverse taboos surrounding menstruation, but not on worker turnover or self-reported well-being at work. …