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 …

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 …

Both health and income inequalities have been shown to be much greater in Britain than in Germany. One of the main … lower income groups. Inequality analysis reveals that while the distribution of health shocks is more concentrated among …, both health shocks and early retirement are more concentrated among those with low incomes. We use comparable longitudinal …

show long-lasting health impacts. Can these benefits hold when these programs are offered to all children in contexts with … universal healthcare? We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a universal integrated ECI in England … disadvantaged areas and likely driven by both health and non-health services. …

increase is partly explained by the deterioration of the health habits of affected women. Together, these results help explain …