to use their ample material resources to prevent, manage and cure the ill-health that caused so many premature deaths …. Along with the poor, they therefore were left at a grave health disadvantage vis-à-vis adult members of the wealthy urban …

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children's home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

Longevity expectations (LE) are subjective assessments of future health status that can influence a number of … individual health protective decisions. This is especially true during a pandemic such as COVID-19, as the risk of ill health … on protective health behaviours and a number of decisions around access to health care, using data from the Survey of …

Longevity expectations (LE) are subjective assessments of future health status that can influence a number of … individual health protective decisions. This is especially true during a pandemic such as COVID-19, as the risk of ill health … on protective health behaviours and a number of decisions around access to health care, using data from the Survey of …

the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe. …Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared …