the Chernobyl disaster on the health and labour market performance of the adult workforce. The variation in the local area … level of radiation fallout from the Chernobyl accident is considered as a potential instrument to try to establish the … causal impact of poor health on labour force participation, hours worked and wages. There appears to be a significant …

We study the effects of the cancellation of a sizeable child benefit in Spain on birth timing and neonatal health. In … important in shaping economic decisions and outcomes. They also provide new, credible evidence highlighting the negative health …

longitudinal data from both countries to examine whether immigrants differ in their use of health services than native born … individuals on arrival and over time. While immigrants to Germany, but not the UK, are more likely to self-report poor health than …

This paper contributes to the small but growing literature evaluating the health effects of the Earned Income Tax … federal EITC expansion on several outcomes related to mental health and subjective well-being. The identification strategy … suggest that the 1990 EITC reform generated sizeable health benefits for low-skilled mothers. Such women experienced lower …

In this paper, we model the consequences of childhood health on adult health and socio-economic status outcomes in … China using a new sample of middle aged and older Chinese respondents. Modeled after the American Health and Retirement …. Childhood health in CHARLS relies on two measures that proxy for different dimensions of health during the childhood years. The …