The socio-economic gradient in health remains a controversial topic in economics and other social sciences. In this … paper we develop a new duration model that allows for unobserved persistent individual-specific health shocks and provides … leads to a 12% decline in the probability of death. We find a large role for unobserved health shocks, with 5-years of …

with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health and mortality, using only the part of income variation … causally generates good health and that this effect is of similar magnitude as when traditional estimation techniques are used …A vast literature has established a strong positive association of income with health status and a negative association …

mortality and infant health and then consider how the estimated effects vary when the analysis is conducted at differing levels …This paper considers the relationship between local economic conditions and health with a focus on different approaches … downturns are associated with improved health. Further investigation reveals that county economic conditions have an independent …

are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the role of childbearing history in later life health … and mortality, paying particular attention to possible differences by sex and region. Higher parity is associated with … better self-rated health in Western German mothers and fathers aged 50+, but its relationship with Eastern German women …

Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic … for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

In Hungary, the health status of working age men is extremely bad in comparison with both the developed market … economies and the neighboring transition countries. The study based on data between 1960 and 2004 investigates the health status … of population in Hungary and Austria by health-production functions on macro level and makes comparisons. The rationale …

survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … deterioration of the health care system, changes in diet and obesity, and material deprivation fail to explain the increase in … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase … a 0.4 percent rise in total mortality and 0.4, 1.1, 1.8, 2.1 and 0.8 percent increases in deaths from cardiovascular … physical health. …

We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business … death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health … indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in …