In this paper the causal effects of socioeconomic status, in particular income, on individuals health in the European … Union are analysed. We focus on the relationship between income and health. Finally, an international comparison of … concentration indices for socioeconomic inequality in health based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) is presented …

In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of years of schooling on health and health-related behavior in West …. Overall, our estimates suggest significant non-monetary returns to education with respect to health and health …

roles of health and education. We provide empirical evidence for Germany. …

The health of both farmers and consumers of tobacco has attracted the attention of international organizations. The … protection of the environment and human health in the tobacco production process, since its cultivation brings serious risks to … the environment and the health of farmers. Tobacco has established itself as one of the main agricultural products grown …

Using a panel dataset of 320 Indonesian districts we examine the impact of district budgets on public health spending …, utilization patters in the public and private sector, and private health spending in the four years after decentralization. We … to determine causal patterns. We find that the elasticity of public health spending with respect to district budgets is …

-term health status as measured by body height, children who lose their same-sex parent before teenage years are hit hardest …

Are there negative health effects from losing the job? We analyze the causal effect of job displacement on diabetes … respect to health we match them to comparable workers not being displaced. On average we do not find signs for a significant …

health and education government spending on income inequality in the European Union over the 2002-2015 period. In this …

detrimental behavioral responses. We explore this idea in the context of endogenous health and aging. We integrate physiological … state of health affects health spending, life expectancy, and the value of life. In counterfactual computational experiments … lifetime utility, health investments, and longevity. We then use the model to contribute to the literature on information …