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rural incomes in China. Current literature based on analyses of rural income volatility in China decomposes poverty into … poverty gap attributable to mean income over time being below the poverty line. Resulting estimates of 40-50 % transient … urban-rural income gap on which much of current poverty debate in China focuses. Since an uncertain income stream is worth …
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This study examines a wide range of health and economic outcomes in a sample of Irish- and African-American Civil War …
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Recent studies suggest that health inequalities across socio-economic groups in the US are large and have been growing …. We hypothesize that, as in other, non-health contexts, this pattern occurs because more educated people are better able …
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parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and … biological and adopting parents. We find that the health of the biological parents affects the health of their adopted children …-term health. However, we also find strong evidence that the educational attainment of the adopting mother has a significant impact …
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I explore the connection between income inequality and health in both poor and rich countries. I discuss a range of … conclude that there is no direct link from income inequality to ill-health; individuals are no more likely to die if they live … income redistribution can improve population health does not depend on a direct effect of income inequality and remains an …
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What is inequality in health? Are economists' standard tools for measuring income inequality relevant or useful for … measuring it? Does income protect health and does income inequality endanger it? I discuss two different concepts of health …'s health is related to his or her status within a reference group as measured by income relative to the group mean. Income …
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caused by worsening health in old age. Our model explains the long-run decline in the age of retirement as an income level … effect. We show that improvements in health and longevity tend to increase the desired retirement age, though less than …
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why the effect of education on income, health and health behaviors varies is not well understood. We build on previous …, compared to those graduating in good times. We investigate whether more educated individuals suffer smaller income and health …Using Eurobarometer data, we document large variation across European countries in education gradients in income, self …
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This paper examines the long-term impacts of early childhood exposure to air pollution on adult outcomes using U.S. administrative data. We exploit changes in air pollution driven by the 1970 Clean Air Act to analyze the difference in outcomes between cohorts born in counties before and after...
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