relationship between marriage and health for working-age (20 to 64) individuals. In both data sets married agents are healthier … than unmarried ones, and the health gap between married and unmarried agents widens by age. After controlling for … observables, a gap of about 12 percentage points in self-reported health persists for ages 55-59. We estimate the marriage health …

This paper analyzes the relationship between reported health status and time allocation decisions in six European … countries. Using the Multinational Time Use Study, we find that a better perception of own health is associated with less time … regarding health, market work, and leisure in the US. However, in contrast to the large positive correlation between health and …

this paper, we use newly collected data on infant health and industrial accidents to document changes in health conditions … during World War II. The findings suggest that infant health and work conditions deteriorated in the early 1940s. Opening or … of industrial accidents increased by 16 percent. The war years interrupted the long-run trend toward improved health …

The last major review of urban health in developing countries was published in 1992. At that time, knowledge was … countries and chronic illness such as mental ill-health, heart disease and cancer. This paper updates knowledge by reviewing … recent research on intra-urban health inequalities, urban health-seeking behaviour and the importance of urban-rural links …

health outcomes as adults. Using Census and DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa, we show that individuals conceived during heat …

; the gymnosophy, considered "the wisdom of the naked" becomes, at some point, the philosopher's way of health and thereby … gymnastics becomes practical way of obtaining health , nudity as a means of verifying the execution of exercise; gymnastics … in a healthy body"; legislating in antiquity, to gymnastics, to maintain health; physical activity, characteristic of …

A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called \health-wealth gradient", is … repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study … analyzes causality from health to wealth (health causation) and from wealth to health (wealth or social causation) for elderly …

The effect of job loss on health may play an important role in the development of the SES-health gradient. In this … the Health and Re- tirement Study and biomarker measures collected in 2006 and 2008. We use a variety of econometric … evidence that business closures lead to worse health outcomes. We also find no evidence that biomarker health measures predict …

This paper aims to quantify and compare inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries considering two … stand for almost 50% of the health inequality due to circumstances and efforts in Barry scenario and 57.5% in Roemer … scenario. The comparison of the magnitude of inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries shows considerable …