A substantial literature has examined the impact of stress during the early stages of life on later-life health. This … paper contributes to that literature by examining the later-life health impact of stress during adolescence and early … probability of being in fair or poor health later in life. These findings do not appear to be due to cohort effects; the …

Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to … being the main driver. This highlights the importance of considering the food environment to inform public health policies …

villages in Madhya Pradesh to measure the effect of the program on toilet access, sanitation behavior, and child health … collected baseline measures of sanitation conditions, behavior, and child health, and re-visited households 21 months later. The … child health outcomes (diarrhea, helminth infections, child growth). However, the exposure period was likely to have been …

How do conditional cash transfers impact health-related outcomes? This paper examines the 2010 randomized introduction … visits by those already complying with program health conditions and by non-compliers -- disappeared after 2.5 years, largely … due to compliers reducing above-minimal visits. The study finds significant increases in take-up of health insurance and …

results suggest that the sooner non-pharmaceutical interventions are implemented, the better are the economic and health …

Social distancing requirements associated with COVID-19 (coronavirus) have led to school closures. In mid-April, the …

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has halted economic activity worldwide, hurting firms and pushing them toward …