the effects of air quality on children's health. The IV estimates show that the respiratory illness health care visit rate …. Importantly, by linking the health care data to detailed records of parental background characteristics, we show that children …

In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is … instead if their income exceeds the compulsory insurance threshold. Here, premia are based on age and health, individuals may … private insurance coverage on the number of doctor visits, the number of nights spent in a hospital and self-assessed health …

generosity mitigates any of the previously documented negative health effects of job loss. The results show higher UI generosity … increases health insurance coverage and utilization, and leads to improved self-reported health. Moreover, these effects are … stronger during periods of high unemployment rates. Finally, I find no effects on risky behaviors nor on health conditions. …

This paper estimates the causal effect of perceived job insecurity - i.e. the fear of involuntary job loss - on health … potential endogeneity of job insecurity is not accounted for, the latter appears to deteriorate almost all health outcomes. When … tackling the endogeneity issue by estimating an IV model and dealing with potential weak-instrument issues, the health …

Using data on American women and the health status of their children, this paper studies the effect of remote work on … female earnings. Instrumental variables estimates, which exploit a temporary child health shock as exogenous variation in the …

We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental … distribution. We find that estimates using each approach are remarkably congruent for a wide range of health outcomes. Effect sizes …

We analyze the short- and long-term effects of the U.S. Vietnam-era military service on veterans' health outcomes using … a restricted version of the National Health Interview Survey 1974-2013 and employing the draft lotteries as an …, satisfy the exclusion restriction by placing bounds on its net or direct effect on the health outcomes of individuals who are …