Determinants of health: an economic perspective

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword, by John Mullahy -- Introduction and Acknowledgments -- Part 1. The Demand for Health: Theoretical Underpinnings and Empirical Results -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health, by Michael Grossman -- 2. The Human Capital Model, by Michael Grossman -- Afterword to Part 1 -- Part 2. The Relationship between Health and Schooling -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 3. The Correlation between Health and Schooling, by Michael Grossman -- 4. An Exploration of the Dynamic Relationship between Health and Cognitive Development in Adolescence, by Robert A. Shakotko, Linda N. Edwards, and Michael Grossman -- 5. Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan, by Shin-Yi Chou, Jin-Tan Liu, Michael Grossman, and Ted Joyce -- 6. Women's Education: Harbinger of Another Spring? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Turkey, by Mehmet Alper DinÃer, Neeraj Kaushal, and Michael Grossman -- Afterword to Part 2 -- Part 3. Determinants of Infant Health with Special Emphasis on Public Policies and Programs -- Introduction to Part 3 -- 7. Variations in Infant Mortality Rates among Counties of the United States: The Roles of Public Policies and Programs, by Michael Grossman and Steven Jacobowitz -- 8. Determinants of Neonatal Mortality Rates in the United States: A Reduced Form Model, by Hope Corman and Michael Grossman -- 9. Birth Outcome Production Functions in the United States, by Hope Corman, Theodore J. Joyce, and Michael Grossman -- 10. Unobservables, Pregnancy Resolutions, and Birth Weight Production Functions in New York City, by Michael Grossman and Theodore J. Joyce -- 11. The Impact of National Health Insurance on Birth Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in Taiwan, Shin-Yi Chou, Michael Grossman, and Jin-Tan Liu -- Afterword to Part 3

On the concept of health capital and the demand for health -- The human capital model -- The correlation between health and schooling -- An exploration of the dynamic relationship between health and cognitive development in adolescence -- Parental education and child health : evidence from a natural experiment in Taiwan -- Women's education : harbinger of another spring? Evidence from a natural experiment in Turkey -- Variations in infant mortality rates among counties of the United States : the roles of public policies and programs -- Determinants of neonatal mortality rates in the U.S. : a reduced form model -- Birth outcome productions function in the U.S. -- Unobservables, pregnancy resolutions, and birthweight production functions in New York City -- The impact of national health insurance on birth outcomes : a natural experiment in Taiwan -- The effects of government regulation on teenage smoking -- Beer taxes, the legal drinking age, and youth motor vehicle fatalities -- Effects of alcoholic beverage prices and legal drinking ages on youth alcohol use -- Rational addiction and the effect of price on consumption -- An empirical analysis of cigarette addiction -- An empirical analysis of alcohol addiction : results from the monitoring the future panels -- The demand for cocaine by young adults : a rational addiction approach -- An economic analysis of adult obesity : results from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system -- Fast-food restaurant advertising on television and its influence on childhood obesity -- Food prices and body fatness among youths

Part 1. The demand for health : theoretical underpinnings and empirical results. On the concept of health capital and the demand for health -- The human capital model -- Part 2. The relationship between health and schooling. The correlation between health and schooling -- An exploration of the dynamic relationship between health and cognitive development in adolescence -- Parental education and child health : evidence from a natural experiment in Taiwan -- Women's education : harbinger of another spring? Evidence from a natural experiment in Turkey -- Part 3. Determinants of infant health with special emphasis on public policies and programs. Variations in infant mortality rates among counties of the United States : the roles of public policies and programs -- Determinants of neonatal mortality rates in the United States : a reduced form model -- Birth outcome production functions in the United States -- Unobservables, pregnancy resolutions, and birth weight production functions in New York City -- The impact of national health insurance on birth outcomes : a natural experiment in Taiwan -- Part 4. The economics of unhealthy behaviors. The effects of government regulation on teenage smoking -- Beer taxes, the legal drinking age, and youth motor vehicle fatalities -- Effects of alcoholic beverage prices and legal drinking ages on youth alcohol use -- Rational addiction and the effect of price on consumption -- An empirical analysis of cigarette addiction -- An empirical analysis of alcohol addiction : results from the monitoring the future panels -- The demand for cocaine by young adults : a rational addiction approach -- An economic analysis of adult obesity : results from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system -- Fast-food restaurant advertising on television and its influence on childhood obesity -- Food prices and body fatness among youths.