In this paper we hypothesize that education is associated with a higher efficiency of health investment, yet that this … efficiency advantage is solely driven by intelligence. We operationalize efficiency of health investment as the probability of … the higher educated to be more efficient users of health investment - intelligent individuals have a clear survival …

We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality …

We exploit an age discontinuity in a Dutch disability insurance (DI) reform to identify the health impact of stricter … negative health effect on females is restricted to women with low pre-disability earnings. We hypothesize that the gender … difference in the effect is due to the reform tightening eligibility particularly with respect to mental health conditions, which …

This discussion paper resulted in the publication 'Wealth and Health Behavior: Testing the Concept of a Health Cost … phenomenon by developing a theory of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory …. We distinguish between the direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost (value of health lost) of unhealthy …

Distribution', volume 2B, North Holland, Elsevier, chapter 18, 143 pages.<P> We examine the relationship between income and health … with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the distribution of health in a population contributes to income … inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health …

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 …

This discussion led to a publication in the 'Journal of Health Economics', 2013, 32, 6, 1214–1229.<P> During the last … decomposition on the China Health and Nutrition panel Survey (1991-2006) to examine the extent to which changes in level and … distribution of incomes and in income mobility are related to health disparities between rich and poor. We find that health …

Inequality', Volume 21: Health and Inequality, Emerald Group Publishing, 2013.<P> We explore what health-capital theory has to … offer in terms of informing and directing research into health inequality. We argue that economic theory can help in … identifying mechanisms through which specific socioeconomic indicators and health interact. Our reading of the literature, and our …

dataset for the Netherlands (1998-2007), linking informationabout mortality, health events and lifestyles. We show that …

This discussion paper resulted in an article in the <I>Journal of Health Economics</I>. Volume 31, issue 4, pages 676 …-689.<P> We propose a method of measuring and decomposing inequity in health care utilisation that allows for heterogeneity in …