Borella, Margherita; Bullano, Francisco; De Nardi, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
While health affects many economic outcomes, its dynamics are still poorly understood. We use k means clustering, a … machine learning technique, and data from the Health and Retirement Study to identify health types during middle and old age …. We identify five health types: the vigorous resilient, the fair-health resilient, the fair-health vulnerable, the frail …