supply, but very little is known about how the minimum wage affects health, including children's health. We address this … meaningful and plausible. We also find evidence of an increase in prenatal care use and a decline in smoking during pregnancy …, which are some channels through which minimum wage can affect infant health. Labor market policies that enhance wages can …

Using data from three waves of Add Health we find that being very attractive reduces a young adult's (ages 18 …

In this paper, we quantify the effects of health on time allocation. We estimate that improvements in health status … watching TV, sleeping, and consuming other types of leisure. We find that poor health status results in about 300 additional … also find that, for men, better health induces a substitution of market-produced goods for home-produced goods …

. These concerns have spurred serious consideration of policies to encourage job creation and higher income from work beyond … substantial Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for childless individuals. This paper discusses these policy options, what we know …

We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes …: general health status, mental health, physical health problems, and health behaviors (drinking and smoking). Lottery winnings … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely …

This paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19, as reported in the Child Development … health and the three measures of religion/religiosity. Those children (self-report or primary caregiver report) who have … Supplements (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The primary focus is on the effect of religion on the reported …