olds, we estimate similar health gradients in income and wealth in both countries, but for 70-80 year old, we find no … benefits are largely flat and independent of past income and hence past health during the working years. Finally, we report … income gradient in UK. Standard behavioral risk factors (work, marriage, obesity, exercise, and smoking) almost fully explain …

are in much worse health than those at the top. This health gradient exists whether education, income, or financial wealth …, feedbacks from new health events to household income are one of the reasons that underlie the strength of the income gradient …Looking across many diseases, average health among mature men is much worse in America compared to England. Second …

We study the effect of permanent income innovations on health for a prime-aged population. Using information on more … incomes over the eighties and nineties to uncover causal effects of permanent income shocks on health. We find that such … income innovations have little effects on a wide range of health measures, but do lead to increases in mortality and risky …

and the HRS, with a particular focus on whether attrition is systematically related to health outcomes and socioeconomic … status (SES). Investigating the links between health and SES is one of the primary goals of the ELSA and HRS, so attrition …

health outcomes, and their link to socioeconomic factors, at older ages. Since the data are at a comparatively young stage … the most common. What is immediately apparent as we get better measures is that health differences between countries … measures utilize doctor diagnosed conditions or biomarker-based indicators of disease and poor health. But one key finding …

cognitive outcomes in young adult life. Additionally, we find that both early life cognitive ability and health seem to have … cohort members according to their height, which we consider a proxy for health status – shorter individuals show a stronger …

We study the effect of permanent income innovations on health for a prime-aged population. Using information on more … incomes over the eighties and nineties to uncover causal effects of permanent income shocks on health. We find that such … income innovations have little effects on a wide range of health measures, but do lead to increases in mortality and risky …