In many health domains, we are concerned that observed links - for example, between "healthy" behaviors and good … vary over time. When a particular health behavior becomes more recommended, the take-up of the behavior may be larger among … people with other positive health behaviors. Such changes in selection would make it even more difficult to learn about …

pandemic influenced health outcomes. We first document large differences in content between the two most popular cable news …

research on mobility patterns, labor market outcomes, consumer behavior, and population health during the first phase of the …

We examine the effect of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of drug treatment on an important health habit, physical … healthy lifestyles. Using the National Health Insurance Survey (NHIS) and MSA-level DTCA data, we find that the DTCA related …-run, but also have long-run impacts on people's health by affecting their daily routines …

over time, own (adult) health and inputs into the production of own health, fertility, and child quality or well …-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. I pay a good deal of attention to the effects of education on health … because they are the two most important sources of human capital: knowledge capital and health capital. There is a large …

This paper considers the role of survey design and question phrasing in evaluating the subjective health assessment … responses using the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset. A unique feature of this dataset is that … respondents were twice asked during the survey to evaluate their health on a five-point scale, using two different sets of …

There is much debate about the effects of pharmaceutical direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) on health care use. In …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …

disclosure requirements that exist in these markets. We show that reducing the number of charlatans through regulation decreases … regulation, implying that the regulation we observe in these markets likely derives from producer interests. Using these insights …