's cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our results show that greater parental education increases children …'s cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. These results suggest that the effect of parents' education on … children's education may work partly through the positive effect that parental education has on children's skills and health …

impact of home births on the health of low-risk newborns using data from the Netherlands, the only developed country where … contributing to these health gains …

study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of … Sweden over two decades, we show that the closures negatively affected the health of mothers, while effects on infant health …

VLBW cutoff have better short- and long-term health, and higher math test scores in 9th grade. We next investigate … spillover effects on siblings and find no evidence of an impact on their health outcomes. However, we find substantial positive …

based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) to assess their impact on self-assessed health status and on the use of health care …' perceived health and their access to a number of health services. Results suggest that the introduction of market incentives via … a fixed-price payment system does not lead to worst health perceptions. Instead, the reform marked a moderate decrease …

government-provided health insurance programs such as Medicaid …In this study, we document the effect of Food Stamp access on adult health care utilization. While Food Stamps is one … or mental health, or due to individuals with common chronic health conditions, leaving open the possibility that changes …

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which …

: worker health. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor … wage increases lead to improvements in overall worker health. In fact, we find some evidence that minimum wage increases … may decrease some aspects of health, especially among unemployed male workers. We also find evidence that increases reduce …

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 …