inequalities in health. Such analysis builds on the strong assumption that a health production function can be estimated without … substantial bias implying that health is caused by socioeconomic outcomes, which is hard to prove. This article contributes to the … decomposition literature by applying a twin design to standard decomposition analysis of socioeconomic health inequalities in Sweden …

The connection between violence victimization and long term ill-health is well documented, but evidence is lacking on …

known about birth order effects on health. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between birth … order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment. High-quality administrative data on children born … important birth order effects on health at birth and in primary school. These birth order effects are positive, in that later …

known about birth order effects on health. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between birth … order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment. High-quality administrative data on children born … important birth order effects on health at birth and in primary school. These birth order effects are positive, in that later …

variation in the test score convergence across states and racial convergence in measures of health and hospital access in the … earnings gaps match those in early life health and test scores already established. It also addresses caveats in the earlier …

BMI is a deficient measure of body fat and elevated health risks (misclassification). Using a regional Swedish sample, we …

alcohol and in reducing the socioeconomic gradient in health and socioeconomic related health inequality. …

exploration of the pathways through which socioeconomic background relates to income-related health inequality. This novel … for one vital health-related behavior, smoking. The decomposition uses an underlying model that considers both individual …

This paper examines the short-term effect between take-up of Social Assistance Benefit (SAB) and mental health. Using a … the socioeconomic status – mental health nexus. Our main independent variable is an indicator for SAB, which is the means … Swedish households annually. Mental ill-health is measured by data on prescribed antidepressants, anxiolytics, or hypnotics …