Economics & Human Biology

2003 - 2026

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Volume 62, issue C, 2026

Economic roots of cognitive decline: Tracing early-life shocks to late-life health

Joan E. Madia, Francesco Moscone, Catia Nicodemo, Cristina E. Orso and Cristina Tealdi

Heterogeneous returns to antenatal care: Evidence from childhood immunization in Senegal

Tadandjoa Kolani

Antibiotic resistance, drug prices, and entry

Miaoqing Jia and Ching-to Albert Ma

Explaining birth order effects on child nutrition: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

Dinara Issabekova and Dana Bazarkulova

Universal health insurance and health behavior: Evidence from the elderly in Taiwan

Yichen Shen

Cold winter, desperate heart: Experience of Great Famine and drinks

Baoliu Liu, Mingyu Shu, Fengming Liu, Shun Wang, Jing Tian and Zixin Ai

Does education improve health literacy? Evidence from China’s compulsory education law

Jiachen Lyu, Xuezheng Qin and Rui Sun

Beyond average health: Urban–rural disparities in the distribution of self-perceived health

Lucia Leporatti, Rosella Levaggi and Nicola Pontarollo

Agrarian reform and child stunting: Evidence from two land allocation strategies

Adrian Gachet

Rural health disadvantages in the United States: Evidence from nationally representative data

Brandon J. Restrepo, Elizabeth A. Dobis, Sarah A. Low and Kelsey L. Thomas

Mental health and labour supply: Evidence from China

David Lander and Xueying Zhao

Permanent income shocks and suicidal ideation: Evidence from South Korea

Pan Wang

The impact of waiting time on patient outcomes: The case of joint replacement surgery

James Gaughan, Rita Santos and Luigi Siciliani

Extreme temperatures and non-work at work

Ignacio Belloc, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal and José Alberto Molina

Natural disasters and physical health capital loss among school-age children

Michio Yuda

COVID-19 pandemic and prosociality: An experiment with healthcare professionals

Joan Costa-Font, Nicolò Gatti, Gilberto Turati and Daniel Wiesen

Does the basic pension reduce social isolation among older adults? Empirical evidence from South Korea

Jungtaek Lee

Prenatal exposure to PM2.5 and infant health: Evidence from Quebec

Abdel-Hamid Bello, Maripier Isabelle and Guy Lacroix

Early life healthcare access and later-life mortality: Evidence using openings of county health departments

Hamid Noghanibehambari and Jason Fletcher

Ageing on the job: How raising retirement age affects work accidents

Chiara Ardito, Elena Cottini, Gloria Moroni and Manuel Serrano-Alarcón

Fiscal consolidation and impaired health? Evidence from 27 European Union countries

Vanessa Cirulli and Giorgia Marini

Private healthcare expenditure and unmet medical needs: Assessing regional disparities in Italy

Clara Andresciani, Debora Di Gioacchino and Laura Sabani

Place-based ecological restoration and self-rated health: Quasi-experimental evidence from China

Shenwei Wan

Heterogeneous effects of working time reduction on overweight: Evidence from France

Joan Costa-Font and Belen Saenz-de-Miera

Mental health & gender stereotypes: Experimental evidence

Paola Bertoli and Veronica Grembi

Medicaid and health resilience: Evidence from TennCare disenrollment

Md Twfiqur Rahman

Volume 61, issue C, 2026

Biases in medical decision-making: A cross-medication comparison

Michele Cantarella, Simona Cantarella, Francesca Zaninotto, Massimo Riccaboni and Giulia Galli

The legacy of Agent Orange: Prenatal exposure to dioxin and human capital formation

Thao Bui

The relationship between oil production and infant health outcomes: Evidence from fracking boom

Hamid Noghanibehambari, Mahmoud Salari, Nahid Tavassoli and Hoa Vu

The role of parenting style and socio-economic status in child development: Understanding the underlying dynamics

Eleonora Matteazzi and Vincenzo Prete

Spousal bereavement and depression: Testing moderating effects of pre-loss circumstances and social support in India

Vijay Victor

The lingering shadow: Understanding the long-term impact of natural disasters on social trust

Xiaokun Yu, Yang Liu and Yugang Yang

Seasonal influenza vaccination uptake and digital literacy: Evidence from European data

Martina Celidoni, Nita Handastya, Guglielmo Weber and Nancy Zambon

Health effects of urgent care center entry: The case of WellNow

Eliane Barker and Stephen Wu

Economic progress in twentieth-century Portugal: Revisiting the evidence

Alexandra L. Cermeño, Nuno Palma and Renato Pistola

Do maltreated children think of suicide more? Evidence from South Korea

Elcin Tuzel, Do Won Kwak and Kam Ki Tang

The international diffusion of medical innovation since 1900: Revisiting the Preston curve

Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán and Jurre Jochemsen

Prescriptions for mental health and the labor market penalties of cerebral palsy

Derek Asuman, Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir and Johan Jarl

Urban-rural medical insurance integration and universal health insurance coverage in China: A quasi-experimental study

Mingzheng Hu, Jinkang Huo, Yingying Ouyang, Weihao Nie, Shaojie Li, Xin Ye and Shuye Yu

Fertility behaviour under geopolitical uncertainty: Evidence from Ukraine

Jeet Saha

The effects of extreme heat on stroke hospitalizations: Evidence from China

Lyuxiu Li, Nan Zhao, Caiyi Zhao, Xin Zhang, Chao Ma and Wei Xu

The impact of personalised weight feedback on heart attack incidence: A regression discontinuity approach

Will Cook

The impact of a household-level food retail environment health quality measure on diet quality

Benjamin Scharadin, Michele Ver Ploeg and Lauren Miller

The impact of excess body mass on employment prospects in Australia

Anushiya Vijayasivajie, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya and Chris Heaton

Patient selection or rational patient choice? Insights from a hospital competition model with heterogeneous agents

Calogero Guccio, Domenico Lisi, Isidoro Mazza and Giacomo Pignataro

County-level income inequality and suicide in the United States

Mark W. Frank and Fidel Gonzalez

Be rich, grow tall? Testing whether parental social origin is associated with filial body height using two German student cohorts

Felix Bittmann

The height of Swiss mercenaries, c. 1725 – c. 1865

Cédric Chambru, Simon Hediger, Jakob Metzler and Ulrich Woitek

Limiting antidepressant prescriptions and suicide risk: Evidence from South Korea

Haewon Oh and Travis A. Smith

Sick and cold? Evidence on the dynamic interplay between energy poverty and self-perceived health

Santiago Budrìa, Paolo Li Donni and Eugenio Zucchelli

Silver bullet? The effect of mask mandates on COVID-19 cases

Elisha K. Denkyirah and Raymond J. March

The impact of heat and cold on mortality and life expectancy in Europe, 2015–2024

Tamás Hajdu