On average, child health outcomes are better in urban than in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the … nature and the causes of this rural-urban disparity is essential in contemplating the health consequences of the rapid … urbanization taking place throughout the developing world and in targeting resources appropriately to raise population health. We …

of the ontribution of unobserved heterogeneity at the household and the community level. Using Demographic and Health …

This paper assesses the impact of a mental health literacy intervention on the demand for mental health support among … performance. The intervention increases the willingness-to-pay for a mental health app among male respondents. Moreover, the … treated female respondents have improved their mental health. Finally, a model of mental health investment decisions in the …

discriminate between the theoretical parameters. Differences in health knowledge appear to be responsible for the greatest part of … the education disparity in diet. However, when faced with the most explicit health information regarding diet, lower … educated individuals still state choices that imply a lower concern for negative health consequences. This is consistent with a …

Biased longevity expectations will lead to suboptimal decisions regarding saving, retirement, annuitization and health … explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health …

-assessed health measures are usually at hand in empiricalanalyses and research indicates that these may be affected by endogenous …, state dependent, reporting behaviour. Furthermore, even if an objective health measure is used, it is not likely to be … strictly exogenous to labour market status or labour income. Health and labour market variables are correlatedbecause of …

death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health …