This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in … perceived good health. …

The paper surveys the economics literature on equity in health care financing and delivery. The focus is, for the most … discussion of the concept and definition of equity. The empirical sections cover the literature on equity in health care … financing (progressivity and horizontal equity of health care financing arrangements), equity in health care delivery …

This study investigates the effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior. We draw on a rich … German panel data set containing information about three generations. This allows instrumenting maternal education by the … effects on health behavior for adolescent daughters, but neither for adolescent sons nor for the health status of newborns. We …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … that purpose, we draw on a rich German panel data set (SOEP) containing information about three generations. This allows … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

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 …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less … educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …

We use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) to study the … relationship between marriage and health for working-age (20 to 64) individuals. In both data sets married agents are healthier … than unmarried ones, and the health gap between married and unmarried agents widens by age. After controlling for …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … that purpose, we draw on a rich German panel data set (SOEP) containing information about three generations. This allows … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …