life expectancy related to observable factors such as income, gender, and health have large effects on savings, and that …

the health of the population requires integrating these different trends. We compare the risk factor profile of the …

This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and …, but it did not affect other dimensions of health, including life expectancy. We find that, at age 20, those born in …

The effect of new health information on individuals' expectations about their longevity is examined using a Bayesian … more extensive advice on health behavior from their physicians. The subjective probability of survival declines with health …

health, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone. Such international inequalities in life … hope that economic growth will improve people's health as well as their material living conditions. I argue that the … poverty reduction, there is no evidence that it will deliver automatic health improvements in the absence of appropriate …

years. This difference persists despite the remarkable progress in health improvement in the last half century, at least … technical progress (some of which is induced by income and facilitated by education) as the ultimate determinant of health. Such … downplay direct causal mechanisms running from income to health …

estimate impacts on mortality with 1994-2016 Vital Statistics data and self-reported health with 2011 Census data. We find that … affect mortality or self-reported health. These estimates provide new evidence for the causal relationship between education …

Education is strongly associated with better health and longer lives. However, the extent to which education causes … health and longevity is widely debated. We develop a human capital framework to structure the interpretation of the empirical …

modes; health care access; long-run opportunity, as measured by income mobility and incarceration rates; human mobility; and … underlying population health. We find that the proportions of black and Hispanic residents in a ZIP code are both positively and …