Health Inequality over the Life-Cycle

We consider the covariance structure of health. Agents report their health status on the basis of a latent health stock that is determined by permanent and transitory shocks, and time invariant fixed effects. At age 25, permanent shocks account for 5% to 10% of the variation in health. At age 60, this percentage rise to between 60% and 80%. We document a gradient in which permanent shocks matter less for college-educated people and for women.

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Year of publication:	2009-08
Authors:	Halliday, Timothy J.
Institutions:	University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization (UHERO), University of Hawaii-Manoa
Subject:	health \| dynamic panel data models \| variance decomposition

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 2011-11R 34 pages
Classification:	I1 - Health ; C5 - Econometric Modeling
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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