key links between pollution, human health, and labor productivity. Together, these assumptions imply that the benefits of … regulation to provide benefits through several different channels, including improved health or productivity. The model shows … that when the benefits of reduced pollution come in the form of improved health or productivity, the benefits do affect …

finding, arguing that the health benefits from reduced pollution will also interact with pre-existing taxes, possibly causing … for health effects by representing environmental quality and leisure as substitutes in utility. The present paper employs … considers health effects. It shows that interactions with health effects from pollution actually will tend to reduce the optimal …

economic consequences of women's rights documents that more rights for women lead to more spending on health and children … perspectives, we discuss the theory of Doepke and Tertilt (2009), where an increase in the return to human capital induces men to …

variation to provide initial estimates of how this eligibility affects the health status of non-Medicaid-eligible SSDI …-reported health of this population, with suggestive evidence that this improvement is stronger as underwriting restrictions increase … and among SSDI beneficiaries with mental health conditions. The estimated effect is highly robust to alternative scaling …

Using a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model featuring health production, we quantify the relative … contribution of price distortions in the health market, TFP and other health risks in explaining cross-country differences in … health expenditure (as a share of GDP) and health status. Estimated parameters reveal a substantial price wedge that explains …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

paper I employ the First, Second, and Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to estimate a structural model …

Has U.S. health care for the elderly become more equitable during the past several decades? When inequality is measured … their intrinsic shortcomings; expenditures depend on preferences, health status, and prices, while outcomes are strongly … affected by health behavior and past illness. We suggest a new approach to measuring inequality: the use of quality …

countries, where it is rapidly becoming the major public health problem facing such nations. As a consequence, there has been a …