"Looking across many diseases, average health among mature men is much worse in America compared to England. Second …, there exists a steep negative health gradient for men in both countries where men at the bottom of the economic hierarchy … are in much worse health than those at the top. This health gradient exists whether education, income, or financial wealth …

olds, we estimate similar health gradients in income and wealth in both countries, but for 70-80 year old, we find no … benefits are largely flat and independent of past income and hence past health during the working years. Finally, we report … experienced during the prior ten year period. -- Health …

We study the effect of permanent income innovations on health for a prime-aged population. Using information on more …-demographic factors, health outcomes and selected risk factors. We then exploit structural and arguably exogenous changes in cohort … incomes over the eighties and nineties to uncover causal effects of permanent income shocks on health. We find that such …

and the HRS, with a particular focus on whether attrition is systematically related to health outcomes and socioeconomic … status (SES). Investigating the links between health and SES is one of the primary goals of the ELSA and HRS, so attrition … explanation. -- health ; attrition …