infected with HIV. To identify causal effects, we assume that variation in women's immune system health when HAART was … health is objectively measured using white blood cell (CD4) counts. Because the women in our sample were informed of their CD … introduction reduced domestic violence and illicit drug use. To explain our estimates, we treat health as a form of human capital …

We study the impact of health shocks on domestic violence and illicit drug use. We argue that health is a form of human … differences in these women's health prior to the breakthrough. We show evidence that health improvements induced by the … breakthrough reduced domestic violence and illicit drug use. Our findings provide support for the idea that health improvements can …

incorporates mental and physical health. Correlated mental and physical health production functions are simultaneously estimated …, including the endogenous decisions to seek psychotherapy and smoke cigarettes as health accumulation factors. The model is … indicate that mental health has a stronger impact on labor supply than physical health. At the same time, estimates show that …

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …