There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies … showing that mortality is pro-cyclical whereas others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis … men from 1993 to 2007. Our results show that the association between the business cycle and mortality does not depend on …

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

health outcomes in the second generation: mortality, measures based on data on hospitalization and, finally, measures using … persistence in health inequality across generations into pre-birth and post-birth components. We use three sets of measures for … birth outcomes for the third generation. The results show that all of the persistence in mortality is transmitted solely via …

interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which …

interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which …

assigned. In adults, we find no evidence that wealth impacts mortality or health care utilization, with the possible exception …We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health … and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large,virtually free of attrition, and …