Stress is associated with sleep problems. And poor sleep is linked with mental health and depression symptoms. The … stress associated with immigrant status and immigration policy can directly affect mental health. While previous studies have … documented a significant relationship between immigration policy and the physical and mental health of immigrants, we know little …

Despite their lower socioeconomic status, Hispanic immigrants in the United States initially have better health … outcomes than natives. Paradoxically while second-generation immigrants assimilate socio-economically, their health … deteriorates. I show that a model of selection and intergenerational transmission of health reverses the apparent paradox …

socio-economic gradient in health, third-generation children of second- generation intermarried Hispanic women are more …This paper studies the effects of assimilation on the health of Hispanics in the US. I exploit a unique dataset of … likely to have poor health at birth, even after I account for second-generation health at birth, employ only within …

We use a unique data set of linked birth records from Florida to analyze the intergenerational transmission of health … grandmother fixed effects. The significant role of both maternal and paternal health at birth in explaining offspring health at …

activity, sleep, time use, and mental health. At the onset of the pandemic, average steps decline from 9,400 to 4,600 steps per …