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The Effect of Health on Income: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Commuting Accidents
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2011
persistent effect on subsequent employment and income. After initial periods with a higher incidence of sick leave, treated … treated workers, who manage to stay in employment, incur persistent income losses. The effects are stronger for sub-groups of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294889
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Causal effect of income on health: Investigating two closely related policy reforms in Austria
Schnalzenberger, Mario - 2011
I investigate the effect of income on mortality of the pensioners, com- paring three subsequent policy periods in … reduction in income was removed in the third policy period. These two reforms allow a causal identification of the effect of in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294890
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Mortality and the business cycle: Evidence from individual and aggregated data
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; von Hinke … - 2017
There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies showing that mortality is pro-cyclical, while others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis (e.g. individual vs. regional) matters. We use both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039281
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Do Socioeconomic Factors Really Explain Income-Related Inequalities in Health? Applying a Twin Design to Standard Decomposition Analysis
Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Lundborg, Petter; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus; … - 2012
severely upward biased due to underlying confounders, exaggerating the contribution of income and education to health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208617
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Income Receipt and Mortality – Evidence from Swedish Public Sector Employees
Andersson, Elvira; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2014
effect is entirely driven by an increase in mortality among low income individuals, who are more likely to experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208699