Theoretically, there are several reasons to expect education to have a positive effect on health, and empirical … research suggests that education can be an important health determinant. However, it has not yet been established whether … education and health are indeed causally-related, and the effects found in previous studies may be partially attributable to …

This paper is the first to estimate the effects of minimum wages on the unemployment of refugee immigrants. The … collectively agreed minimum wages raise both the incidence of unemployment and days in unemployment considerably for male refugees … in Sweden; different estimation methods and models yield robust elasticities in the 1.8-2.0 range. The effects for young …

This paper presents a detailed analysis of voters' responses to municipality and regional-level unemployment and …. The preferred specification suggests that a reduction in regional unemployment by one percentage point is associated with … regional level, is substantial in size, but statistically insignificant. At the municipality level, unemployment has a smaller …

assigned. In adults, we find no evidence that wealth impacts mortality or health care utilization, with the possible exception …We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health … and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large, virtually free of attrition, and …

We use individual and multi-level data from Zambia on child nutritional health to test the absolute income hypothesis …-linear positive relation between economic resources and health, confirming the AIH. For the RIH we find sensitivity to what reference … affect health negatively, we find higher income inequality to robustly associate with better child health. The results …

We use individual and multi-level data from Zambia on child nutritional health to test the absolute income hypothesis …-linear positive relation between economic resources and health, confirming the AIH. For the RIH we find sensitivity to what reference … affect health negatively, we find higher income inequality to robustly associate with better child health. The results …

Boards hire and fire CEOs based on imperfect information. Using comprehensive data on 28 cohorts in Sweden, we analyze … the role of a potentially important attribute—CEO health—in corporate governance. Boards hire CEOs who are healthier than … other high-skill professionals, in particular in mental health. After hiring, CEOs' health develops similarly to a control …

Good health is crucial for human and economic development. In particular poor health in childhood seems to be of utmost … strong force affecting adult and child health outcomes. Yet, there is much unexplained variation with respect to the … globalization effect on child health, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. One factor that could explain such …