We investigate the role of social norms in accounting for differences in self-reported health as reported by men and … worse health than men, whatever the health outcome we consider – i.e. general self-assessed health but also more specific … workplace environment and study how the latter affects self-reported health for men and women separately. Our findings indicate …

negative effects. (5) The more siblings a woman has and the lower her father's social status, the worse is her health status …Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a … number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper investigates empirically whether neglecting …

the city of residence when the woman turned 17 years of age to serve as instruments for college enrollment. The college …

local health facilities (both traditional and modern) before and after the completion of the 'Women's Health Project' in …, especially among adolescent mothers after the completion of Women's Health Project. …

We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better … female health speeds up the demographic transition and thereby the take-off toward sustained economic growth. By contrast …

through municipal public health-care centres. Combining a number of administrative datasets on health outcomes and …'s reproductive health outcomes, particularly reducing rates of haemorrhage early in pregnancy. These improvements are most notable in … pill upon a women's request is linked with a worsening in reproductive health outcomes. …

income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of low-educated Hispanic … typically have less access to health care. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and data drawn from the … that low-educated Hispanic women likely affected by minimum wage increases experience any changes in health status, access …

We examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women's health and survival in Mexico … observe small or null impacts on women's health from increasing sanctions on illegal abortion. We find some evidence to …

's smoking all appear to contribute to the effect. We conclude that, by improving child health, unrestricted unconditional cash …