This paper uses the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in diurnal
fasting and fetal health. Among births to Arab parents in Michigan, we find prenatal exposure …

Taller populations are typically richer populations, and taller individuals live longer and earn
more. In consequence, adult height has recently become a focus in understanding the …

Abstract The Great Migration—the massive migration of African Americans out of the rural
South to largely urban locations in the North, Midwest, and West—was a landmark event in …

I discuss the health transition in the United States, bringing new data to bear on health
indicators and investigating the changing relationship between health, income, and the …

Background Arterial aging is well characterized in industrial populations, but scantly
described in populations with little access to modern medicine. Here we characterize health …

In much of the world today, populations are richer, taller, and enjoy longer healthier lives
than their counterparts in the past. Cliometricians debate the extent to which this “health …

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the fastest aging geographic regions in the
developing world. The growth in the percentage of elderly (the number of those aged 65 and …

Background The pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie health disparities by
socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity are poorly understood. Promising new research …

The Union Army disability pension was an early experiment in colorblind social policy.
However, it shortchanged Blacks in 2 ways. First, the law was unable to account for the …

Background The global burden of disease has shifted from communicable diseases in
children to chronic diseases in adults. This epidemiologic shift varies greatly by region, but …