U.S., their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. We examine the impacts of … by which sentencing policies can affect population health. We provide suggestive evidence that three strikes policies … further interrogate state criminal legal system policies for their impacts on population health, considering whether, how, and …

, including investment in health capital. This paper begins to address this gap in knowledge using a large, longitudinal medical … policies and anti-MENA rhetoric on preventive care use among MENA children in the US. Specifically, we evaluate the election of … Donald Trump, and find that the election decreased MENA children's utilization of vaccinations and well visits. Documenting …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

Although pollution is widespread, there is little evidence about how it might harm children's long run outcomes. Using … the detailed, geocoded data that follows national representative cohorts of children born to the National Longitudinal … site opened or closed within one mile of their home. I find that children who were exposed prenatally to industrial …

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 …

We estimate the effects of permanent legal status on the health of children born to immigrants in the United States …

We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in … the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a … have children with fathers of other ethnic groups but were more likely to receive prenatal care, invest in education, and …

gas development (commonly known as "fracking"). Colorado provides a unique research environment to study the health …

This paper reexamines differences found between income gradients in American and English children's health, in results … the same time period, the income gradient in children's health increases with age by the same amount in the two countries … England were incorrectly coded. Using correctly coded data, we find that the effects of chronic conditions on health status …

concerns that inclusion of race as a covariate exacerbates and perpetuates long-standing disparities in quality of health care … health care resources …