Occupation is discussed as a social determinant of health. Occupation has received little attention in this light in … health, and mother's education. We contend that first occupation is a choice made relatively early in life that affects … health outcomes at later ages. We examine first-occupation for two reasons: 1) there is growing evidence that early …

We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989 …

the responses as measures of expectations. Prior research on subjective survival probabilities in the Health and …

One way to demonstrate how remarkable changes in the process of aging have been is to compare health over the life … were common even at young ages. Other factors contributing to lifelong poor health were widespread exposure to severely … experienced better health throughout their lives largely due to their lower exposure to environmental hazards before birth and …

rates above age 50. Its low ranking is often blamed on a poor performance by the health care system rather than on … behavioral or social factors. This paper presents evidence on the relative performance of the US health care system using death … health care system. …

National Health Interview Surveys. The model estimates rule out even moderate effects of income on weight and on the …

, there is limited evidence on how drug coverage might affect health. The goal of this paper is to obtain "causal effects" of … prescription drug coverage on drug use, use of other medical services and health of the elderly. We use fixed-effects analysis to … effect on hospital admissions or health. …

drugs, use of other medical services, and health for a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries. Given the … health. We find that gaining prescription drug insurance through Medicare Part D was associated with a 70% increase in the … health care services or health, as measured by functional status and self-reported health. Among those in poorer health, we …

; however, our estimates combined with differences in rates of widowhood across gender suggest that marital status can explain … only one third of the gender difference in total out-of-pocket medical spending, leaving a large portion unexplained. On … the other hand, gender differences in widowhood more than explain the observed gender difference in out-of-pocket spending …

fosters somewhat more redistribution from high to low earning households. The analysis is based on data from the Health and …