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 …

education increases son's cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. The estimates are in many cases similar … works through improving children's skills and health. …

last few decades. There is therefore a need for effective strategies to promote health and to reduce the prevalence of diet … depart from a household production model. To control for the endogeneity of the health state, we use a control function … approach. The result suggests that health inputs, such as low-fat meat and a larger amount of vegetables, increase respondents …

This study investigates the impact of childhood health on labor market outcomes. We used type 1 diabetes as an … instrument of health because its cause is multifactorial and it is triggered by a complex combination of genetic and … health shock. Using data from the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register and national registers on education, employment, and …

This study estimates the causal effect of paid vacation on health. Using register data on the universe of central … significant changes in health, as proxied by visits to specialized outpatient care, inpatient admissions, and long-term sick …' health. …

, consequently, also the economic activity and population health, through a single parameter. Population health is assumed to only be … negatively affected when the number of simultaneously infected exceeds health care capacity. The main finding is that if (i) the … longer than shorter time periods, then the optimal policy is to (weakly) exceed health care capacity at some time. …

attainment of men and women, and that they might have negative consequences for low-educated men's health behaviors and mental … health. …

at home among older adults. The HCBS program may improve health outcomes of this population by allowing them to age … benefits. We use plausibly exogenous policy expenditure across states over time linked with detailed health information from … the restricted Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to identify the causal effects of HCBS on general health, physical health …