People whose family income was less than $5,000 in 1980 could expect to live about 25 percent fewer years than people … whose family income was greater than $50,000. We explore this finding using both individual data and a panel of aggregate … birth cohorts observed from 1975 to 1995. We assume that health status is determined by social status, defined as income …

distortions in the supply of mortgage credit, evidenced by a decoupling of credit flow from income growth, may have caused the … originations was shared across the whole distribution of borrowers, and that middle- and high-income borrowers made up the majority … of originations even at the peak of the boom. Compared to prior years, middle- and high-income borrowers (not the poor …

Low- and middle-income college borrowers often struggle with economic opportunity and loan burdens after leaving school …. However, some institutions, including some non-selective schools, do a good job of providing economic mobility to low-income …

patterns of out-of-pocket medical expenses, which rise quickly with age and income during retirement, and heterogeneous …