of sickness by age, gender, education and employment status. Employed have a significantly better health record than the … health surveys, complemented by administrative data (morbidity rates of the employed and unemployed) and data from the …

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

education-health gradient by using alternative measures of child personality available in the National Child Development Study …. We show that, alternatively to the authors conclusions, personality contributes to the education-health gradient to an …

In this article, we address the long-run associations between childhood shocks and health in late adulthood. Applying a …, dispossession, or hunger and health outcomes after 50 years of age. Having lived in a children’s home, in a foster family, or having … correlations between shocks and later health into a priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks show opposite relations …

We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a large-scale and universal early childhood …' can deliver significant health benefits, even in contexts with universal healthcare. Impacts are driven by … environments might be a successful strategy to reduce inequalities in health. …

population to the brink of starvation. We link high-quality military recruits data with objective health measurements for the …

insurance. Across a range of health measures, we estimate no significant impacts on health. …We report on a large randomized controlled trial of hospital insurance for above-poverty-line Indian households …. Households were assigned to free insurance, sale of insurance, sale plus cash transfer, or control. To estimate spillovers, the …