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 …

Using several waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes the effect of long work hours … on health and lifestyles in a sample of 18- to 65-year-old Chinese workers. Although working long hours does … significantly increase the probabilities of high blood pressure and poorer reported health, the effects are small. Also small are …

We use the high IQ Terman sample to estimate relationships between education, socioemotional skills, and health …-related outcomes that include health behaviors, lifestyles, and health measures across the lifecycle. By both focusing on a high IQ … subjects, education is linked to better health-related outcomes, in contrast to previous evidence. Conscientiousness, Openness …

, no support from colleagues, job worries and repetitive work) on health. Three alternative systems of simultaneous … multivariate probit equations are estimated, one for each health measure: an indicator of self-assessed health, an indicator of … physical health, an indicator of work-related mental health problems, using Danish data for 2000 and 2005. We find that while …

combination of public health measures, rising living standards, and new medical knowledge all played their part in this. Even if … AMR increases, the continuing effect of these factors and of new public health measures can limit the negative …