Are there differences in the health-socioeconomic status relationship over the life cycle? : Evidence from Germany
Keith A. Bender; Steffen Habermalz
Most research on the relationship between health and socioeconomic status (SES) controls for changing age or investigates the relationship for a particular age range. This paper, however, examines changes in the relationship across ages, as well as controls for potential endogeneity in the health-SES relationship. Using data from German Socio Economic Panel, we find that the health-SES relationship does vary across the life cycle and that endogeneity is an important influence on the relationship. We also find tentative evidence that universal access to health care reduces the impact of income on self-reported health satisfaction.
Year of publication: |
Apr. 2005
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Other Persons: | Bender, Keith A. (contributor) ; Habermalz, Steffen (contributor) |
Publisher: |
Bonn : IZA |
Subject: | Deutschland | Germany | Lebenszyklus | Life cycle | Sozialer Status | Social status | Gesundheit | Health | Schätzung | Estimation |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | Online-Ressource, 19 p., text |
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Series: | Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 1560 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat reader |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002748400