We study the effect of permanent income innovations on health for a prime-aged population. Using information on more than half a million individuals sampled over a twenty-five year period in three different cross-sectional surveys we aggregate data by date-of-birth cohort to construct a...

The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they can lead directly to adult physical health...

1. Gegenstand dieser Studie ist eine Analyse der Daten zur HIV-Inzidenz und -Prävalenz in Deutschland. Anlass für die Studie ist zum einen, dass das Robert Koch-Institut die Schätzungen zur HIV-Inzidenz und zur HIV-Prävalenz in 2005 deutlich heraufgesetzt hat; hier soll das Verfahren der...

Umweltgerechtigkeit befasst sich mit der sozialräumlichen Verteilung von Umweltbelastungen. Sie untersucht, ob sozial Benachteiligte mehr Umweltbelastungen aufweisen; warum; mit welchen sozialen und gesundheitlichen Folgen; wie dies vermieden werden kann. In den USA wird diese Schnittstelle von...

Obesity has become a major health issue. Research in economics has provided important insights as to how technological progress reduced the relative price of food and contributed to the increase in obesity. However, the increased availability of food might well have overstrained will power and...

This report presents the findings of the research conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) on leading noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). With the collaborative efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), this research...

While it seems evident that occupations affect health, effect estimates are scarce. We use a job characteristics matrix in order to characterize occupations by their physical and psychosocial burden in German panel data spanning 26 years. Employing a dynamic model to control for factors that...

While at least a dozen state legislatures are considering bills to allow the consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the federal government has recently intensified its efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries. Federal officials contend that the legalization of medical marijuana...

In 2010, the Philippines appeared to be on track to attain by 2015 its target for Millennium Development Goals 4 (Reduce child mortality), but less so for Goal 7 (Ensure environmental sustainability). In pursuit of the latter, the government expands its provision of water and services to more...