Using data from a field experiment in Kenya, we document that providing individuals with simple informal savings … providing a safe place to keep money was sufficient to increase health savings, through a mental accounting effect. Adding an … earmarking feature was only helpful when funds were put towards emergencies; earmarking for preventative health reduced savings …

income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of low-educated Hispanic … typically have less access to health care. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and data drawn from the … that low-educated Hispanic women likely affected by minimum wage increases experience any changes in health status, access …

of literature by examining the association between higher insurance deductibles in the Swiss health system and preventive … conduct our study, we made use of the 2017 Swiss Health Survey and employed an ordered probit model with each prevention …

medical preventive measures improve expected health, they do not save money. Various lifestyle and early childhood … interventions, however, may both save money and improve health. Second, preventive measures, including medical and lifestyle …, generalizations in everyday discourse about the value of prevention can be overly broad. Third, health insurance coverage for medical …

, and to increase the formation of two parent families. However, welfare reform may also have indirect impacts on health. We … provide a comprehensive review of the literature on the impacts of welfare reform on health. We illustrate the main findings … from the literature by presenting estimates of the impact of reform on health insurance, health utilization, and health …