Health economists have studied the determinants of the expected value of health status as a function of medical and … additional benefit, viz. a reduced variability of health status. Using OECD health data for 24 countries between 1960 and 2004 … comparatively effective in reducing variability. -- production of health ; control over health status ; Gini coefficient …

We provide a framework to disentangle the role of preferences and beliefs in health behavior, and we apply it to … mental health. But we also document substantial heterogeneity in preferences and/or expectations by vulnerability status … political party plan to comply less. These findings emphasize the need for public health policies to account for heterogenous …

sugar exposure. We find that prenatal exposure to derationing increases education and reduces BMI and sugar consumption at …

This paper uses data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey to investigate the prevalence of health risk … associated with significantly reduced problem behaviors in adolescents. That said, in the Caribbean the prevalence of health risk …

This paper uses year-to-year variation in temperature to estimate the long-term effects of climate change on health … surveys, an individual’s health as an adult is matched with the history of heat waves from birth to adulthood. A flexible … econometric model is used to identify critical health periods with respect to temperature. It is shown that exposure to higher …

effects of extreme weather. Mothers' education, sanitation access and health care assistance to pregnant women represent the … on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low relative humidity also have effects. The use of climate change … main instruments for addressing neonatal health problems …