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

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

We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental … distribution. We find that estimates using each approach are remarkably congruent for a wide range of health outcomes. Effect sizes …

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support … government health care expenditures. …

The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the … that high-income states in 1992 were better able to enact public health strategies and adopt behaviors that, over the next …

This paper assesses the effect of import competition on the labor market and health outcomes of US workers. We first …. Exploiting over 40 million individual observations on health and mortality, we find that import had a detrimental effect on … physical and mental health that is concentrated in those areas and exhibits strong persistence. It decreased health care …

Thailand's aging population has impacted its labor force. This study examines additional health capacity to work (AHCW …) with established methods. Data were obtained from the mortality registry as well as national health, aging, labor force … to protect informal workers' health, prevent pensioners from being impoverished, facilitate a more flexible working …