Many studies suggest that years of formal schooling completed is the most important correlate of good health. There is … much less consensus as to whether this correlation reflects causality from more schooling to better health. The … relationship may be traced in part to reverse causality and may also reflect "omitted third variables" that cause health and …

Car exhaust is a major source of air pollution, but little is known about its impacts on population health. We exploit … - across the United States from 2008-2015 as a natural experiment to measure the health impact of car pollution. Using the … low birth weight and acute asthma attacks among children by 1.9 and 8.0 percent, respectively. These health impacts occur …

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 …

This paper aims to identify the causal effect of English language skills on education, health and fertility outcomes of … degrees, but do not affect child health and self-reported adult health. The impact of language on fertility outcomes is also …

Does working time causally affect workers' health? We study this question in the context of a French reform which … exogenous to workers' health. Difference-in-differences and lagged dependent variable regressions reveal a negative effect of … working hours on self-reported health and positive effects on smoking and body mass index, though the latter is imprecisely …

on health later in life is based on pre-1940 birth cohorts. They were born in times where social safety nets were largely …-economic, biological and health data from over 75k individuals aged between 18 and 63. We conclude that women born in adverse economic …

Using several waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes the effect of long work hours … on health and lifestyles in a sample of 18- to 65-year-old Chinese workers. Although working long hours does … significantly increase the probabilities of high blood pressure and poorer reported health, the effects are small. Also small are …

We report evidence of long-term adverse health impacts of in utero exposure to malnutrition based on survivors in their … data provided by the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to corroborate evidence supporting the Fetal … Origin Hypothesis. We find that fetal exposure to malnutrition has large and long-lasting impacts on both physical health and …

While there is mounting evidence that large income shocks, e.g. in the form of a job loss, may impact health and … income constant, and health. This paper exploits rich survey data on the near-elderly in Canada paired with their … administrative tax records to investigate whether a relationship exists between health and well-being on the one hand, and individual …

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 …