Contents
Preface
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. The Health Effects of Social and Economic Policy: The Promise and Challenge for Research and Policy - James S. House, Robert F. Schoeni, George A. Kaplan, and Harold Pollack
Part II. Education Policy
Chapter 2. Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence - David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney
Chapter 3. Health Effects of Human Development Policies - Daniel P. Keating and Sharon Z. Simonton
Part III. Income Transfer Policy
Chapter 4. Income Support Policies and Health Among the Elderly - Pamela Herd, James S. House, and Robert F. Schoeni
Chapter 5. Did the Introduction of Food Stamps Affect Birth Outcomes in California? - Janet Currie and Enrico Moretti
Part IV. Civil Rights
Chapter 6. Lifting Gates, Lengthening Lives: Did Civil Rights Policies Imrpve the Health of African American Women in the 1960s and 1970s? - George A. Kaplan, Nalini Ranjit, and Sarah A. Burgard
Part V. Macroeconomic and Employment Policy
Chapter 7. Macroeconomic Conditions, Health, and Government Policy - Christopher J. Ruhm
Chapter 8. The New Employment Contract and Worker Health in the United States - Richard H. Price and Sarah A. Burgard
Part VI. Welfare Policy
Chapter 9. Welfare Reform and Indirect Impacts on Health - Marianne P. Bitler and Hilary W. Hoynes
Chapter 10. The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Maternal Health and Well-Being - Jean Knab, Irv Garfinkel, and Sara McLanahan
Part VII. Housing and Neighborhood Policy
Chapter 11. Residential Environments and Obesity: What Can We Learn About Policy Interventions from Observational Studies? - Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Ana V. Diez Roux, Ben B. Hansen, and Theresa L. Osypuk
Chapter 12. Are Some Neighborhoods Better for Child Health Than Others? - Rebecca C. Fauth and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Part VIII. Conclusion
Chapter 13. Social and Economic Policies as Health Policy: Moving Toward a New Approach to Improving Health in America - Harold Pollack, George A. Kaplan, James S. House, and Robert F. Schoeni
Index