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 …

to pay attention to the health effects of a longer working life, with rather mixed results thus far. Utilizing panel data … evidence of the health effects of retirement. In contrast to prior research, we analyze both the impact of being retired and … selfassessed, general, mental and physical health. In addition, we show that the impact on selfassessed health remains similar in …

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 …

Health assessments correlate with health outcomes and subjective well-being. Immigrants offer an opportunity to study … persistent social influences on health where the social conditions are not endogenous to individual outcomes. This approach … provides a clear direction of causality from social conditions to health, and in a second stage to well-being. Natives and …

This paper analyses the short- and long-term effects of retirement on mental health in ten European countries. It … health, but a large negative longer-term impact. This impact survives a battery of robustness tests, and applies to women and … making pension systems solvent, but with time could also pay a mental health dividend among the elderly and reduce public …

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of health in the very long run. Using a unique purpose … (IGT) of health and the impact of previous generations' health shocks on socioeconomic outcomes. Our results provide strong … evidence in favour of IGT of health, in particular for males. In contrast to the existing literature that focuses on early life …

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 … assigned. In adults, we find no evidence that wealth impacts mortality or health care utilization, with the possible exception …

This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … trust in explaining self-assessed health. The finding is robust to accounting for individual, parental, and extensive … ancestral country characteristics. Individuals with higher ancestral trust are also less likely to be hampered by health …

self-assessed health, which in turn is important for both individual well-being and productivity. A religious background … predicts worse health. As the previous literature has not been able to rule out reverse causality, we apply a novel method that … does. The health of the children of immigrants in 30 European countries is related to different measures of religiosity in …

impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health. We model household demand for paternal … physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from … documented - but also indirectly, as fathers' inability to respond to domestic shocks exacerbates the maternal health costs of …