This paper analyzes the impact of rainfall fluctuations during the gestational period on health at birth. We … health. We find that negative rainfall shocks are robustly correlated with higher infant mortality, lower birth weight, and … minimized when the local public health infrastructure is sufficiently developed (municipality coverage of piped water and …

Viruses are a major threat to human health, and - given that they spread through social interactions - represent a … that they are not cost-effective. We find that expansions of transportation networks have significant health costs in …

This paper analyzes the impact of rainfall fluctuations during the gestational period on health at birth. We … health. We find that negative rainfall shocks are robustly correlated with higher infant mortality, lower birth weight, and … minimized when the local public health infrastructure is sufficiently developed (municipality coverage of piped water and …

analogy to medical treatments, the individual exposure to these tools may have side effects. We study effects on health using … outcomes before and after exposure to training and sanctions. We find that training improves cardiovascular and mental health … sanctions cause a short-run deterioration of mental health, possibly due higher stress levels, but this tapers out quickly. …

How do health crises affect election results? We combine a panel of election results from 1893–1933 with spatial … lasting shift towards left-wing parties. We argue that pandemic intensity increased the salience of public health policy …, prompting voters to reward parties signaling competence in health issues. Alternative explanations such as pandemic …

Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group of particular interest given evidence of the importance of prenatal … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant …

We study the effects of losing insurance on behavioral health – mental health and substance use disorder (SUD …) – community hospitalizations. We leverage variation in public insurance eligibility offered by a large-scale Medicaid … disenrollment. Losing insurance decreased SUD-related hospitalizations but mental illness hospitalizations were unchanged. Use of …

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …

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