We investigate the returns to college attendance in Canada in terms of health and mortality reduction. To do so, we … first use a dynamic health microsimulation model to document how interventions which incentivize college attendance among … high school graduates may impact their health trajectory, health care consumption and life expectancy. We find large …

the SES inequality in health. We measure physicians' SES by their childhood SES and find that SES concordance decreases … low-SES patients' mortality, while high-SES patients' mortality does not depend on their physicians' background. Together …, they translate to a 24% reduction in the SES-mortality gradient. SES concordance changes the health behavior of the patient …

Following recent econometric developments, we use self-assessed general health on a Likert scale conditioned by several … objective determinants to measure health disparity between non-Hispanic Whites and minority groups in the United States. A … characteristics in generating disparities. Whereas, 72% of health disparity between Whites and Blacks is attributable to Blacks …