This study estimates long-run impacts of a child health investment, exploiting community-wide experimental variation in …

Sociological theory and research point to the importance of social relationships in affecting health behavior. This … adult populations. Yet recent advances demonstrate that early life course experiences shape health outcomes well into … adulthood. We synthesize disparate bodies of research on social ties and health behavior throughout the life course, with …

This study estimates long-run impacts of a child health investment, exploiting community-wide experimental variation in …

Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care … are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …

In this paper I discuss overweight and obesity and their repercussions on health deficit accumulation and longevity in … eating behavior on weight gain and health, exercises to lose weight, invests money to improve health and saves for health …

an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional … pediatrics. We discuss current challenges to the field and suggest avenues for future research. -- health ; prevention …

an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …

an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …