child mortality reduction depends on the initial level of income. At a low income level, where parents choose zero or a very …

This paper explores the causal pathway by which poor fetal health translates into reducing educational attainment and … impairment, both subtypes exhibit similar impairment to physical health. And finally, there is evidence that the causes and … differentiating between these subtypes may offer new opportunities to identify the underlying casual relationships between health and …

: Longitudinal data was drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey and the RAND-HRS data base for more than 6,000 individuals aged … of six measures including: self-rated health; self-rated memory; activities of daily living; instrumental activities of … work on mood indicators and mortality. For those forced into retirement (20% of the sample), work is not an alternative …

The same methodology Oecd and Ecofin apply to project future trends of health care expenditue is here applied to … reconstruct backwards Italian health care expenditure. The time horizon is 1988-2012. Results are described and argued. Important …

The Ecofin-Oecd methodology is applied to reconstruct the health care expenditure evolution in Italy and in the Region … the Italian average and of the Region Emilia Romagna to govern the health care system. It is the second edition of the …

In this paper I estimate the relationship between school quality and mortality. Although many studies have linked the … quantity of education to health outcomes, the effect of school quality on health has yet to be examined. I construct synthetic … birth cohorts and relate the quality of education they attained to their mortality rates. I find that there is a …