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 …

Does the long-term economic stress of occupational decline cause health problems, or even death? This paper explores …

We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability …

We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous health improvements on output per capita. Our simulation model allows … for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and … developing countries, and standard components of quantitative macroeconomic theory. We consider both changes in general health …