People in Canada and the U.S. often make claims regarding whose country has a better health system. Several researchers … have attempted to address this question by analysing subjective health in the two countries, thus assuming a common … definition of 'good' health. Using data from the Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health, I generate quasi-objective health indices …

desired behavioral and health outcomes. We therefore advocate a rigorous large-scale randomized experiment to provide reliable …

desired behavioral and health outcomes. We therefore advocate a rigorous large-scale randomized experiment to provide reliable …

Using a novel dataset provided by the Connecticut Department of Health (CTDoH), this manuscript shows the necessity for …

survey data this study analyzes assimilation of immigrants' mental health over time. Therefore, this study contributes to the … literature since previous literature has focused primarily on the assimilation of immigrants' physical health status. We find … that the probability of suffering from poor mental health increases with time since migration. In addition, female …

Theoretically, there are several reasons to expect education to have a positive effect on health, and empirical … research suggests that education can be an important health determinant. However, it has not yet been established whether … education and health are indeed causally-related, and the effects found in previous studies may be partially attributable to …

We contribute to the literature on the determinants of socioeconomic health disparities by studying how the health … function as a mediator between family background and subsequent poor health behavior, potentially reconciling previous mixed … evidence on the relationship between child health and social status. Using data from a unique German child health survey we …