This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child's health during the first three years of life … significantly negative impact for some pollutants on infant health during early childhood. In comparison to outdoor pollution …

demographics, human capital and health status. While parsimonious models suggest that height is protective against depression, the … addition of controls, particularly related to health, suggests the reverse effect: tall people are predicted to have slightly … health and human capital. …

This study examines the impact of female labour force attachment on health in Australia, where health care is socially … provided. Longitudinal panel data from Women's Health Australia is used in a metric analysis to capture the impact of labour … market attachment on the physical component health score of relatively young and older female workers. After controlling for …

This article presents a study of the relationship between self-reported happiness and selfassessed health status at the … individual level, using the Religion, Health, and Young Emancipation ISSP survey for Uruguay in 2008. Probit estimates suggest … that better selfassessed health status is highly correlated with greater levels of self-reported happiness. In order to …

In this paper, we address the issue of spurious correlation in the production of health in a systematic way. Spurious … correlation entails the risk of linking health status to medical (and nonmedical) inputs when no links exist. This note first … contribution by Lichtenberg (2004), which relates longevity in the United States to pharmaceutical innovation and public health …

This paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19, as reported in the Child Development … overall health and psychological health of the child. Three measures of religion/religiosity of the child are employed … health and the three measures of religion/religiosity. Those children (self-report or primary caregiver report) who have …

a moment t in the economy); ii) AIDS has a long-term impact on stock variables (human capital, i.e. the stock of health … or the stock of education and competence incorporated in the workers; and physical capital). Integrating these two …