Essays in empirical health economics

Kruk, Kai Eberhard

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URL:	https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/29524
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-295244
Document Type:	Doctoral dissertation
Year of publication:	2011
Place of publication:	Mannheim
University:	Universität Mannheim
Evaluator:	Jürges, Hendrik
Date of oral examination:	25 October 2011
Publication language:	English
Institution:	School of Law and Economics > VWL insb Makroök u Wirtschaftspol (Börsch-Supan)
Subject:	330 Economics
Subject headings (SWD):	Gesundheitsökonomie
Keywords (English):	Health Inequality, Health Economics, Health Inequality, Depression in Old Age, ADHD
Abstract:	This dissertation includes four essays concerned with empirical health economics research questions. The first chapter presents a general introduction and a summary of the entire thesis. The second chapter deals with the question whether education causally affects health. It is a joint research project with Hendrik Jürges and Steffen Reinhold. The third chapter analyzes the emergence of health inequality in early childhood using panel data from the United Kingdom. The fourth chapter is dedicated to the research question whether there is a causal link between fertility and mental health in old age. The last chapter is on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This research project sheds light on the question whether changes in household composition affect the probability that children develop a symptomatology of ADHD.