In this paper we look at the relationship between health and income as mediated by "lifestyle" choices; that is, a set … of behaviours which are thought to influence health and are generally considered to invoke a substantial degree of free … choice. The main underlying assumption is that individuals are co-producers of their own health. We first present a …

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 …

Policy makers responding to COVID-19 need to know people's relative valuation of health over wealth. Loosening and … tightening lockdowns moves a society along a (perceived) health-wealth trade-off and the associated changes have to accord with … the public's relative valuation of health and wealth for maximum compliance. In our survey experiment (N=4,618), we …

's recommended intakes. -- First World War ; Britain ; food controls ; food consumption ; nutrition …

household, whether women are working, number of time in which the household buys ready food, household type and income quartiles …