, CABG, are more likely to improve their behavior - eating, exercise, smoking, and drinking - in a way that increases … longevity. To test our hypothesis, we use Medicare records linked to the National Health Interview Survey to study one such … behavior: smoking. We find that CABG patients are 12 percentage points more likely to quit smoking in the one-year period …

height among white men, but only marginally among white women. Similar analysis of Body Mass Index (BMI) also shows a …

In migration studies, immigrant health is a concern before, during, and after migration. This study uses a large late …

When traditional measures for health and economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, height and the body mass index (BMI …

designed to curb youth smoking. Using state Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, we examine whether recent changes in state … smoking participation primarily through their effect on third-party purchase, although there is evidence that they are … smoking ; cigarette taxes …

While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …

the 19th century, black and white BMI values declined. Farmers were consistently heavier than non-farmers, and blacks in … Upper South had lower BMI values than their counterparts in other US regions. -- body mass index ; 19th century American … health ; racial disparity …

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 …

A strong relationship between health and socioeconomic status is firmly established. Yet, partly due to the … allows investigation of whether the socioeconomically disadvantaged, on top of a lower health level, experience a sharper … deterioration of their health over the life cycle. We show that in the Netherlands, as in the US, the socioeconomic gradient in …