This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of unhealthy behaviors and poor health by … series of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys that spans 1959-2008. We calculate that the percentage of …

for cigarettes is a derived demand. Public health efforts to reduce smoking initiation and encourage cessation may wish to …

sophisticated consumers of advertising and use it to make more health-promoting decisions. -- advertising ; weight loss ; obesity … ; deception ; information ; drugs ; health …

This study assesses whether mental health interventions can improve academic outcomes for justice-involved youth. Only …. Estimates indicate that certain types of intensive mental health intervention can lower dropout and increase high … intensive of the mental health interventions. …

Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group of particular interest given evidence of the importance of prenatal … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant …