Whether user fees for basic health services should be charged or abolished for the poor has recently been debated. This … study examines the impact on child health status of removing user fees in South Africa. Our main innovation is to exploit … little political power and residential choice. By comparing health development across ex ante similar children, we find that …

Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group of particular interest given evidence of the importance of prenatal … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant …

A growing body of literature shows that child health has substantial long-term economic impacts. This study examines … whether, and to what extent, increased access to health infrastructure leads to better child health status as measured by … dramatic change in health policy in South Africa immediately after the end of apartheid. Using longitudinal household data …

As of the end of 2017, 3.4 million Syrian refugees lived in Turkey. These refugees left a country where the health …, brought certain infectious diseases to the hosting communities, and have a high incidence of health care utilization. Moreover …, they have much higher fertility rates than natives (5.3 to 2.3). We examine the effect of Syrian refugees on the health …

As of the end of 2017, 3.4 million Syrian refugees lived in Turkey. These refugees left a country where the health …, brought certain infectious diseases to the hosting communities, and have a high incidence of health care utilization. Moreover …, they have much higher fertility rates than natives (5.3 to 2.3). We examine the effect of Syrian refugees on the health …

A growing body of literature shows that child health has substantial long-term economic impacts. This study examines … whether, and to what extent, increased access to health infrastructure leads to better child health status as measured by … dramatic change in health policy in South Africa immediately after the end of apartheid. Using longitudinal household data …

We revisit the cyclical nature of birth rates and infant health and investigate to what extent the relationship between … through unemployment insurance (UI). We introduce a novel empirical test of standard neoclassical models of fertility that … provide novel evidence that infant health is countercyclical based on timing of conception, but procyclical based on time in …

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children’s labor market out- comes. We focus on health shocks which …

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which …