finding, arguing that the health benefits from reduced pollution will also interact with pre-existing taxes, possibly causing … for health effects by representing environmental quality and leisure as substitutes in utility. The present paper employs … considers health effects. It shows that interactions with health effects from pollution actually will tend to reduce the optimal …

Using data from the 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey, this study investigates China's income-health gradient by … income-health gradient irrespective of whether the income measure is current or long term. Because risky behavior may … attenuate income's positive effects on health, we also analyze the association between income and such health …

Using the difference-in-differences method, we examine the impact of environmental regulation on individual health …, employment, income, and welfare. We find that environmental regulation significantly improves health, but reduces employment and … of health benefits and economic costs. The welfare effect suggests that the welfare gains from improved health due to …

This paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to study the relationship between health status and … economic welfare at household level. We develop a model to estimate the welfare cost of ill health by exploiting the … methodology of the equivalence scales. The crucial variables in this approach are, besides the health status (measured in several …

economic measures would change if they adequately reflected improvements in health status. The study first discusses the theory … health status of the population. The present study develops a methodology and presents preliminary estimates of how standard … concept called 'health income' that can be used to incorporate improvements in health status. The study next discusses how the …