This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that … health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce negative mental health outcomes while hot temperatures increase them. Our … conditioning penetration rates, accessibility of mental health services, and other factors. The character of the results suggests …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less … educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …

We analyze whether field of study assigned at age 16 impacts mental health in adulthood. Using a regression … discontinuity design that exploits GPA cut-offs, we find that admission to the preferred study field improves mental health …, lowering both the incidence of antidepressant prescriptions and of mental health-related hospitalizations. Engineering …

explore the extent to which the health effects of job displacement extend to the children of displaced workers and also the … husbands' job losses have significant negative effects on infant health. They reduce birth weights by approximately four and a …. -- children ; infant health ; job loss ; displacement …

explore the extent to which the health effects of job displacement extend to the children of displaced workers and also the … husbandsﾒ job losses have significant negative effects on infant health. They reduce birth weights by approximately four and a …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less … educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …

This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and … substantial evidence showing the intergenerational transmission of health, the literature investigating the impact of parental … health on children's educational and labour market outcomes is limited, especially in developing countries. We use child …

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between birth order, health at birth and in childhood …, and parental health investment using administrative data from Austria. We find significant birth order effects on health … utilize medical services. We also find differences in parental health investment. First-born children are more likely to …