health of individuals (as measured by the height of conscripts) and its disparities between individuals and regions in Italy …", that is I hypothesize that exposure to malaria in utero or during childhood has persistent effects on health. Periods under … scrutiny in this paper are the last two decades of the XIX century, a period without major public health interventions, and the …

-experimental evidence on the impact of fiscal decentralization on health disparities between- and within-regions. Our findings, robust to a …

The European Union is currently facing a serious problem concerning the occurrence of significant health inequalities … economic and social cohesion and the reduction of health inequalities between the EU regions is an important element of this … process.This work is devoted to the study of the variations of health status (measured by life expectancy) across the EU …