persistence and association of health capital assessments of first and second-generation migrants with that of their ancestral …Culture is an under-studied determinant of health production and seldom measured. This paper empirically examines the … persistence of health assessments. Culture persists, rather than fades, and further, appears to strengthen over generations. We …

We examine the persistence of the association between subjective health assessments of both first and second …-generation migrants with that of their country of origin. To mitigate potential selection bias, we use European data containing records … variables including citizenship and cultural proxies. Our results show robust evidence of persistence of health assessments, and …

raise sending-country and global welfare. This study uses a new database of health worker emigration from Africa to test … whether exogenous decreases in emigration raise the number of domestic health professionals, increase the mass availability of … basic primary care, or improve a range of public health outcomes. It identifies the effect through two separate natural …

in the Department of Global Health with a secondary appointment in the Business and Economics Department. She is also …