We study the impact of health shocks on domestic violence and illicit drug use. We argue that health is a form of human … differences in these women's health prior to the breakthrough. We show evidence that health improvements induced by the … breakthrough reduced domestic violence and illicit drug use. Our findings provide support for the idea that health improvements can …

We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better … female health speeds up the demographic transition and thereby the take-off toward sustained economic growth. By contrast …

This study investigates whether rights to paid parental leave improve pediatric health, as measured by birth weights … senior citizens, whose health is not expected to be affected by parental leave. More generous leave rights are found to … may be a cost-effective method of bettering child health …

pain in mid-life (age 44) on health, wellbeing and labor market outcomes in later life. We examine data taken at age 50 in … chronic pain at age 44 continue to report pain and poor general health in their 50s. However, the associations are much … stronger for those with chronic pain. Furthermore, chronic pain at age 44 is associated with a range of poor mental health …

the level of nutrition and health on economic, social, and demographic behavior. It is based on a set of samples covering …

This paper is an empirical exploration of the dynamic relationship between health and cognitive development in a … feedback both from health to cognitive development and from cognitive development to health, but the latter of these … health and cognitive development over the life cycle. The second finding suggests that nurture "matters" in cognitive …

discuss alternative explanations of the correlation between health and schooling. The second is to test these explanations … is limited to one rather unique body of data and uses two measures of health that are far from ideal. The methodological … of current and past health and background characteristics become available …

We provide some of the first empirical evidence of maternal and fetal health effects of working during pregnancy by … using a unique dataset from the New Jersey Department of Health that includes information not only on pregnancy and birth …

Nascent research suggests intergenerational health mobility may be relatively high and non-genetic factors may make … room for policy intervention. This project broadens this direction by considering heterogeneous intergenerational health … adolescents (Add Health), this study finds large spatial variation in intergenerational health mobility in the United States. On …