an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …

mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were … detrimental long-term effects on health which are not compensated by a normal social environment later in life …

This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health …

We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in … important implications for the ongoing health insurance expansions … health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat estimates show that SP reduced child mortality by 7% in poor …

An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks … negative early health shocks at ages 0-3, the other twin sibling who did suffer negative health shocks received RMB 305 more in … terms of health investments, but received RMB 182 less in terms of educational investments in the 12 months prior to the …

Birth weight is the most widely used indicator of neonatal health, mainly because it is routinely recorded in birth … of the fetus and of the newborn are more informative about the prenatal environment and more predictive of child health …

We present a comprehensive analysis of ex ante inequality of opportunity (IOp) in health among Chinese adults aged 60 … China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) linked with the 2014 CHARLS Life History Survey. We use a range of … for between 3.75% and 29.57% of total health inequality in old age across the range of biomarkers. Shapley …

insurance. Across a range of health measures, we estimate no significant impacts on health …We report on a large randomized controlled trial of hospital insurance for above-poverty-line Indian households …. Households were assigned to free insurance, sale of insurance, sale plus cash transfer, or control. To estimate spillovers, the …

population to the brink of starvation. We link high-quality military recruits data with objective health measurements for the …

We provide a framework to disentangle preferences and beliefs in health behavior and apply it to lockdown compliance in … from passing away from COVID and being caught transgressing, and largest utility from preserving their mental health. While … to others are key to health policies …