This paper tests whether income affects the body weight and clinical weight classification of elderly Americans using a … National Health Interview Surveys. The model estimates rule out even moderate effects of income on weight and on the …

ordinary least squares, instrumental variables estimates based on the notch suggest that lower-income retirees exhibit … considerable income sensitivity in their use of prescription drugs. Our estimates are potentially useful for thinking about the …

There is widespread and longstanding agreement that life expectancy and income are positively correlated. However, it … has proven much more difficult to establish a causal relationship since income and health are jointly determined. We use a … major change in the Social Security law as exogenous variation in income to examine the impact of income on mortality in an …

consumption is rarely measured because its collection requires a great deal of survey time. As a result income has been widely … used to assess economic well-being and poverty rates. Yet, because households can use wealth to consume more than income …, an income-based measure of well-being could yield misleading results for many households, especially at older ages. We …

This paper estimates the impact of income on the long-term care utilization of elderly Americans using a natural … positive permanent income shock lowers nursing home use but increases the utilization of paid home care services. We find some … estimates suggests that moderate reductions in post-retirement income would significantly alter long-term utilization patterns …

spite of income paths being similar. We explore several possible causes, including different employment paths, housing …

We estimate the trend in the transitory variance of male earnings in the U.S. using the Michigan Panel Study of Income …