We propose a Bayesian factor analysis model to rank the health of localities. Mortality and morbidity variables …

Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between … health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self-reported health …, particularly ?justification bias?, and (2) the relative importance of health changes and long-term health in the decision to work …

A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called "health-wealth gradient", is … repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study … analyzes causality from health to wealth (health causation) and from wealth to health (wealth or social causation) for elderly …

behaviors become healthier when the economy weakens, possibly by increasing the non-market time available for lifestyle …

A vast literature has established a strong positive association of income with health status and a negative association … with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health and mortality, using only the part of income variation … causally generates good health and that this effect is of similar magnitude as when traditional estimation techniques are used …

This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of relationships like marriage. Although … and disciplines, that there is persuasive longitudinal evidence for such effects. The size of the health gain from …

poverty level, and the health of the population including total health expenditures and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The …

This paper examines the effect of income polarisation on individual health. We argue that polarisation captures much … better the social tension and conflict that underlie some of the pathways linking income disparities and individual health … polarisation has a detrimental effect on health. We also find that the way the relevant population subgroups are defined is …

positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective …This microeconometric study analyzes the effects of individual leisure sports participation on long-term labour market … variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual …