when the global burden of mental health illness is also on the rise. We examine the causal impact of early life exposure to … warfare on long-term mental health, using novel data on the amount of bombs dropped in German cities by Allied Air Forces … significantly worse mental health later in life when they are between ages late 50s and 70s. Specifically, an increase of one …

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

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

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 …

satisfaction. Apart from a reduction in self-reported pain, we estimate precise null effects on mental and physical health …

policies consume more and enjoy slightly better physical health status, they report more severe depression symptoms. In this … paper, we present a more complete picture of the difference in mental health among residents in rural and urban areas … mental health status among the elderly Chinese …

While there is a well-established, large positive correlation between mental and physical health and education outcomes … health conditions on academic outcomes. We present evidence of large impacts of poor mental health on academic achievement … poor health. Finally, our sensitivity analysis suggests that these differences in specific portions of the genetic code …

inequality. Cost savings in terms of improved health, however, are often not cited yet represent another dimension of savings … methods, I show how cycling can lead to improved physical health outcomes. This is turn may carry policy implications in terms …

While numerous studies have examined how health affects retirement behavior, few have analyzed the impact of retirement … on subsequent health outcomes. This study estimates the effects of retirement on health status as measured by indicators … waves of the Health and Retirement Study, spanning 1992 through 2005. To account for biases due to unobserved selection and …