propensity score matching and controlling for pre-displacement outcomes. Our overall conclusion is positive: childhood health … affected in terms of parental health, labor market outcomes and separations. Limited effects on family disposable income … with universal health care and free education is likely to be protective for children. …

suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …'s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …

In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to the education gradient, using an empirical … approach that addresses the endogeneity of both education and behaviors in the health production function. We apply this … approach to a multi-country data set, which includes 12 European countries and has information on education, health and health …

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children’s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children’s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

effect on parental health has significant implications for future informal care policies, given that coresidence is expected …

health than others. As predicted by medical theory, this effect is especially pronounced among older people, who also more … lower, which is most likely caused by death before birth. I show that these effects are unlikely the result of common health …

suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond & Mazumder … mother’s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is … especially pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health education gradient by distinguishing between short … and behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health, we find that education has a … protective effect for European males and females aged 50. We also find that the mediating effects of health behaviors - measured …