Advancing Health by Expanding Opportunity and Hope
We use cutting-edge research to explore and improve economic opportunity and health outcomes for all Americans.
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Area-Level Economic Opportunity Modifies the Income-Health Gradient in the United States
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Labor Markets and the Economy
We examine how changes in labor markets and economic conditions influence health and well-being in America.
Community Interventions
We assess whether novel community-based interventions that affect opportunity across multiple parts of our lives also affect our health.
Social Policy
We examine how social policies affect opportunity across multiple parts of our lives including our health.
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