A recently growing literature evaluates the influence of early-life conditions on life-cycle health and mortality. This paper extends this literature by estimating the associations between birth-state infant mortality rates experienced during early-life (as a proxy for general disease...

When traditional measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, stature and the body mass index (BMI) are now widely-accepted measures that reflect economic conditions. However, little work exists for late 19th and early 20th century women's BMIs in the US and how they varied with...

During the first years of transition to market economy in Russia many people experienced the whole range of stressful labor market events, including job loss, wage cuts and non-payments; some people had to change occupation or take additional work. These events were caused externally by the...

Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The enrolment rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent of, and the...