Ill-health causes poverty. The effect runs through multiple mechanisms that span lifetimes
and cross generations. Health systems can reduce poverty by improving health and …

Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between
employment and health because of the two-way causal relationship between these two …

There is a strong link between mental health and physical health, but little is known about
the pathways from one to the other. We analyse the direct and indirect effects of past mental …

We provide new evidence on households' labor supply responses to fatal and severe
nonfatal health shocks in the short run and medium run. To identify causal effects, we …

We empirically assess whether a health shock influences individual risk aversion. We use
grip strength data to obtain an objective health shock indicator. In order to account for the …

We show that Covid-19 illnesses persistently reduce labor supply. Using an event study, we
estimate that workers with week-long Covid-19 work absences are 7 percentage points less …

In this paper we estimate long-run effects of informal care provision on female caregivers'
labor market outcomes up to eight years after care provision. We compare a static version …

Latin American governments swiftly implemented income assistance programs to sustain
families' livelihoods during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. This paper analyzes the …

We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing
the extent to which the distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality …

We show that Covid-19 illnesses and related work absences persistently reduce labor
supply. Using an event study, we estimate that workers with week-long Covid-19 absences …