This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of … reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to … accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …

, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome dimension. Second, we apply a semi …

, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome di- mension. Second, we apply a semi …

, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome di- mension. Second, we apply a semi …

This study investigates the effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior. We draw on a rich … German panel data set containing information about three generations. This allows instrumenting maternal education by the … effects on health behavior for adolescent daughters, but neither for adolescent sons nor for the health status of newborns. We …

companies and HMOs. In this paper, we study the role of current prescription drug use and health risks, related expectations …' choices respond to the incentives provided by their own health status and the market environment as predicted by the …

In health care systems today, including those of Switzerland and the United States, participants do not necessarily see … the big picture of lifetime health costs and quality of life, and in many systems consumers and providers lack the … incentives to manage preventative and chronic care to minimize lifetime private and social health costs. Resource allocation …