the influence of health on these precesses. We also study the evolution of elderly health and the impact of economic … variables on health outcomes. We present results from estimating our models using data from waves one and two of the AHEAD … of equations. We divide households for which head and partner (if present) are in poor health and those for which head …

We study the impact of economic crisis on health in Mexico. There have been four wide-scale economic crises in Mexico …

We use data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence and determinants … interpret our results using a model in which investments in health capital are affected by both resource constraints and a human …

This study examines retirement outcomes in the first four waves of the Health and Retirement Study. Measured retirement … participation. Twenty two percent of the sample report they were partially retired at some time in the first four waves, and by age …

National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women (NLS-MW) and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). These calculations provide …

health of past populations therefore originated in part in the first days of life." … implying that in the past health inequality was transmitted across generations. I also show that" children born at the …

What is inequality in health? Are economists' standard tools for measuring income inequality relevant or useful for … measuring it? Does income protect health and does income inequality endanger it? I discuss two different concepts of health …'s health is related to his or her status within a reference group as measured by income relative to the group mean. Income …

birth cohorts observed from 1975 to 1995. We assume that health status is determined by social status, defined as income … relative to the mean income of a reference group. When reference groups are not observed, health is a function of income whose …

rises with age if the rate of depreciation on the stock of health rises over the life cycle and falls with education if more …This paper contains a detailed treatment of the human capital model of the demand for health. Theoretical predictions … studies causality between years of formal schooling completed and good health is surveyed. The model views health as a durable …

women of LBW are less likely to report that they are in poor or fair health than other LBW women …, and health status using data from the National Child Development Study. The study has followed the cohort of children born … that LBW has significant long-term effects on self-reported health status, educational attainments, and labor market …