The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens …. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational … inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what extent this may be driven by differential access to and utilization of high …

and health decisions for data on womenś self-reported breast-cancer risk and screening behavior. This allows us to …While it is well known that education strongly predicts health, less is known as to why. One reason might be that … education improves health-care decision making. In this paper we attempt to disentangle improved decision making from other …

There is widespread agreement that behavior crucially influences one's health. However, little is known about what … actually determines health-related behavior. We explore the impact of the place where many people spend most of their time, at … work, and analyze whether an individual’s decision to participate in health screening is related to the observed behavior …

There is widespread agreement that behavior crucially influences one's health. However, little is known about what … actually determines health-related behavior. We explore the impact of the place where many people spend most of their time, at … work, and analyze whether an individual's decision to participate in health screening is related to the observed behavior …

We estimate the long-run labor market and health effects of breast cancer among Austrian women. Compared to a random … sample of same-aged non-affected women, those diagnosed with breast cancer face a 22.8 percent increase in health expenses, 6 …

We estimate the long-run labor market and health effects of breast cancer among Austrian women. Compared to a random … sample of same-aged non-affected women, those diagnosed with breast cancer face a 22.8 percent increase in health expenses, 6 …

While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less … educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …

. This paper investigates both long-term and short-term spillovers of a major non-communicable health shock, namely a cancer …Major health shocks can have far-reaching consequences on the welfare of an individual's support and emotional network … diagnosis (CD), on the health and well- being of an individual's partner. We rely on data from a longitudinal sample of …

. This paper investigates both long-term and short-term spillovers of a major non-communicable health shock, namely a cancer …Major health shocks can have far-reaching consequences on the welfare of an individual's support and emotional network … diagnosis (CD), on the health and well-being of an individual's partner. We rely on data from a longitudinal sample of …