While the ratio of the younger to older populations grows smaller, the population of the old with health problems is increasingly growing. The likelihood of being disabled is higher for an individual with a lower socioeconomic status than that of an individual with a higher socioeconomic status....

This paper examines how much changing educational disparity for specific causes of death contributed to the change in overall educational mortality disparity between 1981/82 and 1991/92 among Austrian adults aged 30-74 years. Besides specific causes of death, the study also examines educational...

Smoking during pregnancy is most common among women with a low socioeconomic status and is negatively associated with important infant health measures such as birth weight. Cigarette taxes decrease smoking amongst pregnant women, thereby leading to improved birth outcomes. In this paper we...

This paper examines how much changing educational disparity for specific causes of death contributed to the change in overall educational mortality disparity between 1981/82 and 1991/92 among Austrian adults aged 30-74 years. Besides specific causes of death, the study also examines educational...

While the ratio of the younger to older populations grows smaller, the population of the old with health problems is increasingly growing. The likelihood of being disabled is higher for an individual with a lower socioeconomic status than that of an individual with a higher socioeconomic status....

Smoking during pregnancy is most common among women with a low socioeconomic status and is negatively associated with important infant health measures such as birth weight. Cigarette taxes decrease smoking amongst pregnant women, thereby leading to improved birth outcomes. In this paper we...