This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach estimates a negative and …

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 …

compared to the surrounding cohorts. The results indicate that investments in early-life health may have far reaching effects …

in the US. We challenge the long-held belief that BN primarily affects high income White teenagers, using a unique data …; as are girls from low income families compared to middle and high income families. We use another data set to show that … who is diagnosed with an eating disorder is in accord with popular beliefs, suggesting that African American and low-income …

. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters … strong correlation between income and political information, Congress representatives vote more conservatively, which is also …

results show that income, factor endowment, and policy independence are important to explain regional asymmetries between …

reach the levels of income enjoyed by the richest nations.[...] …

. This is modified by using tax data to allocate non-wage income across regions. The results suggest that the coefficient of …