O’Donnell, Owen; Van Doorslaer, Eddy; Van Ourti, Tom - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 1419-1533). 2015
We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … supports a substantial impact of ill-health on income, mainly operating through employment, although the magnitude of ill-health …
