In this review, we discuss three major contributions economists have made to our
understanding of the relationship between the environment and individual well-being. First …

Health services research conducted over the past 25 years makes a compelling case that
having health insurance or using more medical care would improve the health of the …

We examine the determinants of the consequences of COVID-19 on employment and wages
in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we investigate whether the economic …

In 2008, according to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), about 100 million
adults in the United States were affected by chronic pain, including joint pain or arthritis …

ABSTRACT US labor markets became much less fluid in recent decades. Job reallocation
rates fell more than a quarter after 1990, and worker reallocation rates fell more than a …

Child abuse and neglect represent major threats to child health and well-being; however,
little is known about consequences for adult economic outcomes. Using a prospective cohort …

We evaluate the medium-term impacts of treating maternal depression on women's mental
health, financial empowerment, and parenting decisions. We leverage variation induced by …

There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and
between child health and education, but only some of them have been explored in the …

This paper investigates the impact of a corporate wellness program on worker productivity
using a panel of objective health and productivity data from 111 workers in five laundry …

We quantify the lasting effects of childhood health and economic circumstances on adult
health, employment and socioeconomic status, using data from a birth cohort that has been …