While there is a well-established, large positive correlation between mental and physical health and education outcomes … health conditions on academic outcomes. We present evidence of large impacts of poor mental health on academic achievement … poor health. Finally, our sensitivity analysis suggests that these differences in specific portions of the genetic code …

inequality. Cost savings in terms of improved health, however, are often not cited yet represent another dimension of savings … methods, I show how cycling can lead to improved physical health outcomes. This is turn may carry policy implications in terms …

While numerous studies have examined how health affects retirement behavior, few have analyzed the impact of retirement … on subsequent health outcomes. This study estimates the effects of retirement on health status as measured by indicators … waves of the Health and Retirement Study, spanning 1992 through 2005. To account for biases due to unobserved selection and …

Suicide rates, life evaluation, and measures of affect are all plausible measures of the mental health and wellbeing of …

policies consume more and enjoy slightly better physical health status, they report more severe depression symptoms. In this … paper, we present a more complete picture of the difference in mental health among residents in rural and urban areas … mental health status among the elderly Chinese …

consumption goods. We consider the case of Latvia, which recently dropped its pegged exchange rate and joined the euro zone. We … between Latvia and euro zone countries collapsed swiftly following entry to the euro. The percentage of goods with nearly … identical prices in Latvia and Germany increased from 6 percent to 89 percent. The median size of price differentials declined …

,652 physicians from IMS Health, we evaluate these predictions empirically. While physician prescribing behavior is generally quite …

of auxiliary health providers. We focus on this subset of health providers because, unlike physicians and psychologists … independently of other mental disorders, then the demand for auxiliary health providers should increase, leading to higher wages and … of autism cases increases the wage of auxiliary health workers over non-autism health occupations by 8 to 11 percent and …

share of the link is explained by education attainments and co-morbid health conditions and behaviors. The results also show …