This paper studies the effects of immigration on the allocation of occupational physical burden and work health risks …

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 …

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 …

This is the first study which provides empirical analysis of the variation in health behaviors for adult men and women … in Turkey which is a developing country. The health behaviors considered are smoking, drinking, fruit and vegetable … health behaviors. The results indicate that smoking is positively associated with education at all levels with a decreasing …

In Greece, given the precarious nature of the sex work industry, sex workers health and wellbeing is of concern …. However, relevant research remains limited. This study examined whether sex workers' self-reported physical and mental health … recession began) and in 2013 and 2019 (i.e. at time points during the recession). Self-reported physical and mental health …

Health Survey in Brazil. Indeed, a small but statistically significant fraction of measured anthropometrics are attributed to …-reported data under-estimates the true BMI distribution. Analysis of regression models for health care utilization shows little …

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 …

To examine the relationship between early health status and financial decisions in adulthood, we link information on … period of 1995-2010. We find that persons predisposed to poor health status in early childhood (indicated by low birth weight … partially explained by the fact that poor early health status leads to risk aversion. Early health status is not significantly …