females it engendered had a beneficial effect on the health of adolescent girls …

with lasting effects on health status, affecting individuals as they age. We take advantage of data on occupational … instruments may have indirect effects on later health, we also control for respondent's pre-labor market health, education and … substantial evidence that a blue collar occupation at labor force entry is associated with decrements to later health status …

shown that non-work physical activity has a positive impact on health while work physical activity has a negative impact on … health. Many prior studies have relied primarily on leisure-time physical activity, which typically constitutes only about 10 … gender differentials in health. About 25-46% of the differentials in non-work physical activity can be attributed to …

(education, income, and health insurance coverage) on life expectancy and medical expenditure using longitudinal state-level data …

Financial incentives have been shown to have strong positive short‐run effects for problematic health behaviors, but …

occupational status is related to the health transitions of 30 to 59 year-old U.S. males. A recent history of blue …-collar employment predicts a substantial increase in the probability of transitioning from very good into bad self-assessed health …, relative to white-collar employment, but with no evidence of occupational differences in movements from bad to very good health …

Occupational choice is a significant input into individuals' health investments, operating in a manner that can be … either health-promoting or health-depreciating. Recent studies have highlighted the potential importance of initial … a causal relationship between initial occupational choice at labor entry and subsequent health behaviors and habits. We …

an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …

policy analysis, such as spurious reductions in measured health system performance as screening expands …