models two existing hypotheses on the correlation between health and education. The estimation results strongly support the … interdependence between health and education. In particular, the estimated model indicates that an individual's education, health …'s education by 1.4 years. Policy experiments indicate that a health expenditure subsidy would have a larger impact on educational …

Human capital, including health and nutrition, has played a key role in the literature on poverty traps. Economic … impacts of major shocks on child health and human capital in Indonesia is nothing short of stunning … and, thereby, push individuals into poverty. Three potential concerns in this literature are explored with empirical …

The paper studies a typical state-level education finance equalization scheme, and considers two questions. First, what … fraction of state education aid is spent on schools? And second, does increased educational funding for historically low … that 50 to 75 cents of each dollar of education aid were spent on schools. Estimates also suggest that increased spending …

This paper examines the education literature through the lens of sorting. It argues that how individuals sort across …. It discusses the implications of different education finance systems for sorting and analyzes the efficiency and welfare …

program led to an increase in education among individuals who were young enough to attend primary school after 1974, but not …

The contribution of cigarette smoking to national health expenditures is thought to be large, but our current … smokers from merged National Health Interview Survey and Medicare claims information. Consistent with our theory, we find that …

variation to provide initial estimates of how this eligibility affects the health status of non-Medicaid-eligible SSDI …-reported health of this population, with suggestive evidence that this improvement is stronger as underwriting restrictions increase … and among SSDI beneficiaries with mental health conditions. The estimated effect is highly robust to alternative scaling …

budget, health spending was hit particularly hard, declining by more than one third in just five years. This paper has two … goals: establish the facts about health inputs, outputs and outcomes during the Greek crisis, and explore the connection … between budget cuts and health outcomes. Health spending and inputs were very high in Greece before the crisis: in several …

Using a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model featuring health production, we quantify the relative … contribution of price distortions in the health market, TFP and other health risks in explaining cross-country differences in … health expenditure (as a share of GDP) and health status. Estimated parameters reveal a substantial price wedge that explains …

countries, where it is rapidly becoming the major public health problem facing such nations. As a consequence, there has been a …