with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health and mortality, using only the part of income variation … causally generates good health and that this effect is of similar magnitude as when traditional estimation techniques are used …A vast literature has established a strong positive association of income with health status and a negative association …

mortality and infant health and then consider how the estimated effects vary when the analysis is conducted at differing levels …This paper considers the relationship between local economic conditions and health with a focus on different approaches … downturns are associated with improved health. Further investigation reveals that county economic conditions have an independent …

The socio-economic gradient in health remains a controversial topic in economics and other social sciences. In this … paper we develop a new duration model that allows for unobserved persistent individual-specific health shocks and provides … leads to a 12% decline in the probability of death. We find a large role for unobserved health shocks, with 5-years of …

This paper examines the effect of income polarisation on individual health. We argue that polarisation captures much … better the social tension and conflict that underlie some of the pathways linking income disparities and individual health … polarisation has a detrimental effect on health. We also find that the way the relevant population subgroups are defined is …

explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the … relationship between exposure to stress and overall health is shown. Apparently, the increase in mortality can be explained by the …A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in …

than comparisons of health gradients and does not require the estimation of health equivalent incomes. We illustrate the …This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income … of income and health using procedures that are robust to aggregation techniques. The paper's approach is more general …

survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … deterioration of the health care system, changes in diet and obesity, and material deprivation fail to explain the increase in … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase … a 0.4 percent rise in total mortality and 0.4, 1.1, 1.8, 2.1 and 0.8 percent increases in deaths from cardiovascular … physical health. …

health indicators. The results indicate a strong effect of macro-economic conditions during childhood on mortality at all …This paper analyzes the effects of macro-economic conditions throughout life on the individual mortality rate. We … estimate flexible duration models where the individual?s mortality rate depends on current conditions, conditions earlier in …

This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of relationships like marriage. Although … and disciplines, that there is persuasive longitudinal evidence for such effects. The size of the health gain from …