, we test for the effects of mandatory military service on wages; employment; marriage/partnership status; and satisfaction … with work, financial situation, health, family life, friends, and life in general. We find almost no statistically …

, we test for the effects of mandatory military service on wages; employment; marriage/partnership status; and satisfaction … with work, financial situation, health, family life, friends, and life in general. We find almost no statistically …

This paper shows that the measurement of hand grip strength provides a non-invasive and reliable objective health … complement of self-reported indicators of health, but it also exhibits a considerable predictive power with regard to a number of … further relevant variables, such as mortality risks. New data from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe …

We use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a … strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the … children from low socioeconomic background are more likely to suffer from "objectively measured" health problems - except for …