In 2003 the Government of Ghana established a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to improve health care access for … its purpose in the context of the Millennium Development Goals #4 and #5 which deal with the health of women and children … compare health outcomes of recent mothers who are enrolled in the NHIS with those who are not. Our findings suggest that NHIS …

infant health-promoting activities, is India's largest conditional cash transfer program thus far. We approach IGMSY …'s geographically targeted pilot phase as a natural experiment and use data from a large national health survey to estimate its effects … small effects on infant immunization as well as long-term health care utilization. In addition, intervals between eligible …

We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting … to worse mental and physical health outcomes in old age as reflected in particular in worse cognitive function, a higher …

We study the effect of a compulsory education reform in Sweden on adult health and mortality. The reform was …

dimensions of well-being: mental health problems, self-rated health, and life satisfaction for 3,697 students. Data is collected …, we show that a strong decline in mental health is associated with changes in educational and career plans and transition …

dimensions of well-being: mental health problems, self-rated health, and life satisfaction for 3,697 students. Data is collected …, we show that a strong decline in mental health is associated with changes in educational and career plans and transition …

of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early …

This paper examines the effect of Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa Saude da Familia, FHP) on cognitive skills …

This paper analyzes health consequences of forced civilian displacement that occurred during the war in Croatia 1991 …-1995 which accompanied the demise of Yugoslavia. Using the Croatian Adult Health Survey 2003 we test whether displacement is … relevant in explaining various dimensions of measured and self-assessed health. We adopt an instrumental variable approach …

Agricultural innovations are seen as a key avenue to improve nutrition and health in smallholder farm households. But … details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the … and health impacts have rarely been analyzed. In this article, we argue that future impact studies should include …