Evidence increasingly shows that changes to social security policies can affect population
mental health. Thus, in the context of rising burden of mental illness, it is of major importance …

Although social and economic policies are not considered part of health services
infrastructure, such policies may influence health and disease by altering social …

This paper utilizes the county-by-county rollout of China's New Rural Pension Scheme
(NRPS) and finds that, among age-eligible people, the pension scheme leads to higher …

This article provides the first large-scale evidence on transgender status, gender identity,
and socioeconomic outcomes in the United States, using representative data from 35 states …

This paper uses quasi-experimental variation from federal tax reform to evaluate the effect of
the EITC on infant health outcomes. We find that the EITC reduces the incidence of low birth …

The 1993 expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit created the first meaningful
separation in benefits between families containing two or more children and those with only …

This paper provides new evidence that Medicaid's introduction reduced infant and child
mortality in the 1960s and 1970s. Mandated coverage of all cash welfare recipients induced …

With the increasing global concern for the ecological environment and sustainable
development, all countries have proposed environmental regulatory policies to improve the …

Abstract “Chilling effects” are a popular explanation for low program take-up rates among
immigrants, but the effects of an icy policy climate are inherently hard to measure. This paper …

This paper examines whether maternity leave policies have an effect on women's mental
health in older age. We link data for women aged 50 years and above from countries in the …