U.S., their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. We examine the impacts of … by which sentencing policies can affect population health. We provide suggestive evidence that three strikes policies … further interrogate state criminal legal system policies for their impacts on population health, considering whether, how, and …

We examine the impact of new medical information on drug safety on preventive health behavior. We exploit the release … of the findings of the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHIS) - the largest randomized controlled trial of women's health … estimate the spillover effects of the WHIS findings on health behavior by means of a difference-in-differences methodology …

, including investment in health capital. This paper begins to address this gap in knowledge using a large, longitudinal medical … policies and anti-MENA rhetoric on preventive care use among MENA children in the US. Specifically, we evaluate the election of … Donald Trump, and find that the election decreased MENA children's utilization of vaccinations and well visits. Documenting …

We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …

Although pollution is widespread, there is little evidence about how it might harm children's long run outcomes. Using … the detailed, geocoded data that follows national representative cohorts of children born to the National Longitudinal … site opened or closed within one mile of their home. I find that children who were exposed prenatally to industrial …

Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more geographically centralized. We … study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference …-sections. In contrast to concerns voiced in the public discourse, the effects on a range of maternal and infant health outcomes are …

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 …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …

We estimate the effects of permanent legal status on the health of children born to immigrants in the United States …

We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in … the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a … have children with fathers of other ethnic groups but were more likely to receive prenatal care, invest in education, and …