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 …

This paper studies how wealth and health inequalities have interacted with the Covid-19 epidemic in a way that has … papers and their theoretical and empirical results. Recovery and contamination rates are functions of an individual's health …

status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent … inequality in many low income countries, and thus schooling and health are analyzed here as indicators of productivity and … foreign exchange restrictions are found to be inversely associated with trade, and with the levels of education and health …

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support … government health care expenditures. …

This paper studies the effects of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative on health insurance … coverage, access to care, health care use, and health outcomes. We exploit a difference-in-differences that relies on the … significant increases in health care use, although there is some evidence that DACA increased demand for mental health services …

This paper examines an alternative to monitoring staff at a public health clinic in rural Uganda. The program sent SMS …, suggesting favoritism towards the health of these children. These benefits are found to be similar for both boys and girls. …

We estimate the health costs of supply-side barriers to accessing medical care. The setting is Colombia, where citizens … have a constitutional right to health care, but insurance companies that manage delivery impose restrictions on access. We … use administrative data on judicial claims for health as a proxy for unmet demand. We validate this using the register …

Health-maximizing and welfare-maximizing behaviors can be at odds, especially among disadvantaged groups, generating … health disparities. We estimate a lifecycle model of medication and labor supply decisions using data on HIV-positive men. We … interfered with work. A counterfactual mandate to use HAART improves health but increases inequality because low …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …