distribution as the economy has grown. Is BMI growth different at different tails of the income distribution? Health and … transitional processes, particularly economic transitions on nutritional and health outcomes. We test the hypothesis that the …

In a model where consumers have quasi-hyperbolic preferences, we compare immediate subsidies paid for health …-conscious consumption and future subsidies rewarding good health outcome. We characterize the subsidy rates which implement the unbiased …

This paper investigates the impact of parental education on child health outcomes. To identify the causal effect we … leaving age by one year had little effect on the health of their offspring. Schooling did however improve economic … child health are at most modest. …

We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility … status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men … retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental …

Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, the influence of the body mass index on health, earnings and satisfaction is … analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index … determined, the health estimates show nonlinear effects but the direction of action is unchanged. Effects on earnings differ …

We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility … status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men … retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental …

of the super-wealthy or the top 0.01% of the population effect overall health of the population? This paper focuses on …