This study examines the relationship between income and health by using an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) as exogenous variations of earnings. The paper adds to previous work in three ways. First, I estimate treatment effects on the treated using simulated EITC benefits and...

This study examines the relationship between minimum wages and several measures of population health by analyzing data from 24 OECD countries for a time period of 31 years. Specifically, I test for health effects as a result of within-country variations in the generosity of minimum wages, which...

Sudden economic shocks impact the everyday lives of people from one day to the next. A number of studies have examined the association between economic fluctuations and health, however, no consensus on the nature of this relationship has been established. By exploiting the dramatic economic...

This study examines the relationship between income and health by using an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) as exogenous variations of earnings. The paper adds to previous work in three ways. First, I estimate treatment effects on the treated using simulated EITC benefits and...