In this paper, I summarize the results of empirical studies in the areas of schooling and health, public programs and … neutral with respect to the question of whether the government should pursue policies to improve the health of its citizens …. But it calls attention to the consequences with respect to health of alternative decisions by policy makers …

adulthood in worse health and with less education than wealthier children, these results indicate that a key determinant of …We quantify the lasting effects of childhood health and economic circumstances on adult health and earnings, using data …, educations and social status, that children who experience poor health have significantly lower educational attainment, and …

education and marital status though the marital effects are much weaker when we condition for prior health. These effects … health conditioned on prior health as well as the more usual unconditioned estimates. We find that health is related to … in the state of poor health rather than dying …

-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. I pay a good deal of attention to the effects of education on health …I explore the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Examples of … over time, own (adult) health and inputs into the production of own health, fertility, and child quality or well …

Is greater trading liquidity good or bad for corporate governance? We address this question both theoretically and … information concerns her own plans for taking an active role in governance. We show that an increase in the liquidity of the firm … governance. Empirical tests using three distinct sources of exogenous variation in liquidity confirm the negative relation …

interest payments after the call date. We find that municipalities in states with poor governance generally destroy the most …