inheritances and lottery winnings to test a theory of health behavior. We distinguish between the direct monetary cost and the … indirect health cost (value of health lost) of unhealthy consumption. The health cost increases with wealth and the degree of …. The empirical evidence presented suggests that differences in health costs may indeed partially explain behavioral …

known about birth order effects on health. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between birth … order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment. High-quality administrative data on children born … important birth order effects on health at birth and in primary school. These birth order effects are positive, in that later …

The relationship between recessions and health is mixed, with some evidence from the most recent financial crisis … the Irish crisis of 2008, to test the impact of economic expansion and contraction on mothers physical and mental health … and health behaviours. Three waves of data from the Irish Lifeways Cohort Study for the period 2001-2011, and local area …

known about birth order effects on health. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between birth … order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment. High-quality administrative data on children born … important birth order effects on health at birth and in primary school. These birth order effects are positive, in that later …

This paper explains the gender differences in self-assessed health status by providing a theoretical identification …-assessed health status. …

The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental … the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …

The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental … the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …

inequalities in health. Such analysis builds on the strong assumption that a health production function can be estimated without … substantial bias implying that health is caused by socioeconomic outcomes, which is hard to prove. This article contributes to the … decomposition literature by applying a twin design to standard decomposition analysis of socioeconomic health inequalities in Sweden …

While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …