The onset of a major illness is one of the most sizeable and unpredictable shocks an individual may experience and can have devastating effects not only on the individual but the entire household, including children. If a parental health shock reduces investments in children, it may have...

Human capital is embodied in human beings. It embraces the individual's capacity to perform and enjoy activities that provide money and/or psychic income. Health behaviour affects human capital and is itself affected by the individual's human capital. This volume consists of original theoretical...

This Volume focuses on human capital and health behavior. Content is based on an International symposium on Human Capital and Health Behavior, held by The Centre for Health Economics at the University of Gothenburg. Content will cover both theoretical and empirical aspects of the topic.