Born Too Soon? The Educational Costs of Early Elective Deliveries
Libertad González and Parijat Maitra show that even modest shifts in birth timing can have lasting consequences for children’s health and school performance.
Topic Archive: Health Economics
Extreme Temperatures and Workplace Safety
Cristina Bellés-Obrero, Giulia Montresor and Catia Nicodemo estimate the causal effects of extreme temperatures on workplace accidents and assess how a reform to Spain’s heat-alert system led to a measurable reduction in accidents.
How learning about infection risk shapes the HIV epidemic
Christian Aleman-Pericon, Daniela Iorio, and Raül Santaeulàlia-Llopis uncover a U-shaped relationship between education and HIV positivity across the epidemic stages in Sub-Saharan Africa.
How the minimum wage has affected intergenerational health in Indonesia
Farhan Majid, Jere R. Behrman, and Hanna Wang study the effect of minimum wages on the health of parents and children in low-and-middle-income countries.
