Our comprehensive review and meta- analysis of these experiments find suggestive evidence of health benefits associated with investments in early life , income support , and health insurance interventions .
Housing and neighborhood trials had no effect on the outcomes included in the meta-analyses .
A positive effect of the trial on its primary socioeconomic outcome was associated with higher odds of reporting health improvements .
Early life , income , and health insurance interventions have the potential to improve health .
Policy Points Social policies might not only improve economic well-being , but also health .
Health policy experts have therefore advocated for investments in social policies both to improve population health and potentially reduce health system costs .
Since the 1960s , a large number of social policies have been experimentally evaluated in the United States .
Some of these experiments include health outcomes , providing a unique opportunity to inform evidence -based policymaking .
CONTEXT Insurers and health care providers are investing heavily in nonmedical social interventions in an effort to improve health and potentially reduce health care costs .
Two years after a job loss: long-term impact of the JOBS program on reemployment and mental health.
Analyses of data from a r and omized field experiment with 1,801 participants ( A.D. Vinokur , R.H. Price . & Y.Schul , 1995 ) examined the long-term effects of a job- search workshop ( JOBS )  and the independent effects of demographic and psychological factors on reemployment and mental health outcomes . Two years after the JOBS workshop , the experimental group had significantly higher levels of reemployment and monthly income , lower levels of depressive symptoms , lower likelihood of experiencing a major depressive episode in the last year , and better role and emotional functioning compared with the control group .  Baseline job- search motivation and sense of mastery had both direct and interactive effects ( with experimental condition ) on reemployment and mental health outcomes , respectively . The interactive effects demonstrated larger benefits for those who had initial low levels of job- search motivation and mastery
Our comprehensive review and meta- analysis of these experiments find suggestive evidence of health benefits associated with investments in early life , income support , and health insurance interventions .
Housing and neighborhood trials had no effect on the outcomes included in the meta-analyses .
A positive effect of the trial on its primary socioeconomic outcome was associated with higher odds of reporting health improvements .
Early life , income , and health insurance interventions have the potential to improve health .
Policy Points Social policies might not only improve economic well-being , but also health .
Health policy experts have therefore advocated for investments in social policies both to improve population health and potentially reduce health system costs .
Since the 1960s , a large number of social policies have been experimentally evaluated in the United States .
Some of these experiments include health outcomes , providing a unique opportunity to inform evidence -based policymaking .
CONTEXT Insurers and health care providers are investing heavily in nonmedical social interventions in an effort to improve health and potentially reduce health care costs .