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 …

We examine the health impacts of long commute time by exploiting a large-scale placed-based policy in South Korea. The … and health-related activities such as exercise. …

sparse information exists regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of … children and infants. A rationale for expansion of smoke-free laws implicitly presumes that potential public health gains from … bans impact the venue of smoking, and the health of children and infants. Using models that exploit state- and county …

-up and positive health effects for treated children over the life course. Beneficial health impacts are largest for … disadvantaged children and may even extend to their offspring. While initial trial cohorts experienced positive health and …

. The negative effect at low levels of schooling may be due to lower average health among marginal surviving children or a … greater propensity to complete secondary school on the other hand may be due to improved health among children who are farther …