rarely addresses their health, although this is a key factor in their age-appropriate development. A study by DIW Berlin … regional differences in the quality of day care centers affect the development of children?s health. Preschool children …

rarely addresses their health, although this is a key factor in their age-appropriate development. A study by DIW Berlin … regional differences in the quality of day care centers affect the development of children's health. Preschool children …

%, only part of it due to reduced work hours. We find no evidence of an adverse health effect of having children. …

that threaten the health of the resident population. In reality, extensive empirical research over several decades and … spent in the host country, however, and immigrants' health status converges toward (or below) that of native residents. …

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 …

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome di- mension. Second, we apply a semi …

, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome dimension. Second, we apply a semi …