Eliminating health disparities is a fundamental, though not always explicit, goal of public
health research and practice. There is a burgeoning literature in this area, but a number of …

An association between higher educational attainment and better health status has been
repeatedly reported in the literature. Similarly, thousands of studies have found a …

This is the first paper in a series of two that synthesizes, compares, and extends methods for
causal inference with longitudinal panel data in a structural equation modeling (SEM) …

Background COVID-19 and related containment policies have caused or heightened
financial stressors for many in the USA. We assessed the relation between assets, financial …

Viruses are a major threat to human health, and—given that they spread through social
interactions—represent a costly externality. This article addresses three main questions:(i) …

There has been a great deal of state-level legislative activity focused on immigration and
immigrants over the past decade in the United States. Some policies aim to improve access …

Late-career transitions to entrepreneurship are discussed as a promising way to address
some of the problematic implications of population aging. By extending employment choice …

Importance Determining the epidemiology of eye-related emergency department (ED) visits
on a national level can assist policymakers in appropriate allocation of resources. Objective …

This study investigates the relationship between economic conditions and health. Total
mortality and eight of the ten sources of fatalities examined are shown to exhibit a procyclical …

The 1981–1982 recession induced substantial variation across sites in air pollution
reductions. This is used to estimate the impact of total suspended particulates (TSPs) on …