We investigate when and how health shocks reverberate across the life cycle and down to descendants in a manual labor … economy by examining the association of war wounds with the socioeconomic status and older age mortality of US CivilWar (1861 … their wealth declined by 37-46%. War wounds were correlated with children's socioeconomic and mortality outcomes in ways …

rankings are important determinants of mortality and the evolution of the health indicator in the survey. For men aged 65 … between socio-economic status and health outcomes. We find that, even after conditioning on the initial health status, wealth …

parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and … mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between 1940 and 1967. The data include detailed information on both … biological and adopting parents. We find that the health of the biological parents affects the health of their adopted children …

deaths per head than have poor countries; their better health systems, higher incomes, more capable governments and better …

Various health-, quality-, and disability-adjusted life year or life expectancy (HALY, QALY, DALY; HALE, QALE, DALE …) measures have become gold standards for defining outcomes in technology evaluation, population health monitoring, and other … QALEs used for population health monitoring are typically concerned with population expectations of such measures (or their …

-imposed lock-downs may not present a clear trade-off between GDP and public health, as commonly believed, even though its immediate …

Mortality rates have fallen dramatically over time, starting in a few countries in the 18th century, and continuing to … fall today. In just the past century, life expectancy has increased by over 30 years. At the same time, mortality rates … years. This difference persists despite the remarkable progress in health improvement in the last half century, at least …

I explore the connection between income inequality and health in both poor and rich countries. I discuss a range of … deprivation. I review the evidence on the effects of income inequality on the rate of decline of mortality over time, on … geographical pattens of mortality, and on individual-level mortality. Much of the literature needs to be treated skeptically, if …