The relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health is one of the most robust
and well documented findings in social science. However, the reasons for the relationship …

… Mark Stabile is an associate professor of economics at the University of Toronto and a faculty
research fellow of the NBER. Catherine Deri is an assistant professor of economics at the …

One in five US youngsters has a mental disorder, but we know little about the effects of these
disorders on child outcomes. We examine US and Canadian children with symptoms of …

We exploit changes in child benefits in Canada to study the impact of family income on child
and family well-being. Using variation in child benefits across province, time, and family type…

We use administrative data on a sample of births between 1978 and 1985 to investigate the
short-, medium-, and long-term consequences of poor infant health. Our findings offer …

Research has shown a strong connection between birth weight and future outcomes. We
ask how health problems after birth affect outcomes using data from public health insurance …

… In an extensive research review, Mark Stabile and Sara Allin … Stabile and Allin examine
several studies that, taken together… , according to the studies Stabile and Allin review. Negative …

The impact of private finance on publicly funded health care systems depends on how the
relationship between public and private finance is structured. This essay first reviews the …

A choice-theoretic model of household decision-making with respect to care-giving time
allocations and the use of publicly and privately financed home care services are proposed. …

A central parameter for evaluating tax policies is the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes.
But in many countries this parameter is difficult to estimate reliably due to widespread …