Both health and income inequalities have been shown to be much greater in Britain than in Germany. One of the main … lower income groups. Inequality analysis reveals that while the distribution of health shocks is more concentrated among …, both health shocks and early retirement are more concentrated among those with low incomes. We use comparable longitudinal …

We study the extent of horizontal inequity in children's mental healthcare use in Australia, where universal insurance … practitioner (GP) diagnosis - and use of mental health professionals and medication. Using between- and within-child approaches, we … find that conditional on need, children from lower income families are significantly less likely to receive services from …

data from hospital administrative records between 2003 and 2012, babies' health is found to be strongly pro-cyclical. A one … 1.4%, and a 0.1% decrease in foetal growth. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health … evidence of three channels that can explain the overall negative effect of unemployment on new-born health: maternal stress …

We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a large-scale and universal early childhood …-sector hospitals. Exposure to an additional Sure Start center per thousand age-eligible children increases hospitalization by 10% at …' can deliver significant health benefits, even in contexts with universal healthcare. Impacts are driven by …

show long-lasting health impacts. Can these benefits hold when these programs are offered to all children in contexts with …Early Childhood Interventions (ECI) offering disadvantaged children preschool and family support services in the US … universal healthcare? We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a universal integrated ECI in England …

This paper evaluates the short- and medium-term health impacts of offering families with children under 5 universal … access to centres providing childcare, health services, parenting support and parental job assistance. Increased access to … these centres during early childhood increases the probability of hospitalisation for infants in the local area. As children …

British children who were all potentially exposed in the womb. Epidemic effects are identified using geographic variation in a … at 7 and 11, but only for the offspring of mother's with certain health characteristics. By contrast, the impact of the … across maternal health and socioeconomic indicators. Taken together, our results point to multiple channels linking foetal …

weight with an increase from the baseline weight ranging from 2% to 6%. -- Returns to education ; health …

The first half of the twentieth century saw rapid improvements in the health and height of British children. Average … century. -- Heights of children ; infant mortality ; health in Britain … height and health can be related to infant mortality through a positive selection effect and a negative scarring effect …