This paper examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a …/ethnicity and gender to uncover the differential effects of changes in the minimum wage on health. We find that white women are more … likely to report better health with a minimum wage increase while Hispanic men report worse health …

Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese … people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some …

Rising obesity is a pressing global public health problem responsible for rising health care costs and in some … employed and, when employed, earn lower wages. There is some evidence that the lower earnings are a result of discriminatory …

Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese … people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some …

income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of the children of … immigrants. Their parents are disproportionately represented in minimum wage jobs, typically have less access to health care and … the National Health Interview Survey from the years 2000 - 2015, we examine whether children of low-educated immigrants …

-rated health for children of unmarried black mothers and married white and Hispanic mothers, lower accident rates for children of …

income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of low-educated Hispanic … typically have less access to health care. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and data drawn from the … that low-educated Hispanic women likely affected by minimum wage increases experience any changes in health status, access …

impact on infant health at birth. We find evidence of reduced birth weight, shortened gestational length and even preterm … the causal chain underlying our finding on the adverse health impact of skyglow. Our study has important policy …