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The impact of parental income and education on the health of their children
Doyle, Orla (contributor); Harmon, Colm (contributor);  … - 2005
This paper investigates the robustness of recent findings on the effect of parental background on child health. We are particularly concerned with the extent to which their finding that income effects on child health are the result of spurious correlation rather than some causal mechanism. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280782
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The causal effect of family income on child health : a re-examination using an instrumental variables approach
Kuehnle, Daniel - 2013
Despite a recent growth in studies examining the association between family income and child health, very few studies investigate whether this is a causal relationship. This paper addresses this major methodological gap and examines the causal effect of family income on child health in the UK....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721840
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The Impact of Parental Income and Education on the Health of Their Children
Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm P.; Walker, Ian - 2021
This paper investigates the robustness of recent findings on the effect of parental background on child health. We are particularly concerned with the extent to which their finding that income effects on child health are the result of spurious correlation rather than some causal mechanism. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318150
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Is the Child Health/Family Income Gradient Universal? Evidence from England
Currie, Alison; Shields, Michael A.; Price, Stephen Wheatley - 2021
the US, with the slope of the gradient being larger for older than younger children. In this paper we explore the child … analysis is based on a sample of over 13,000 children (and their parents) drawn from the Health Survey for England. In … hypothesis that the NHS has a protective effect on the health of children in England …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319017
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The Sweet Life : The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood
Gertler, Paul J.; Gračner, Tadeja - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We show that sugar-rich diet early in life has large adverse effects on the health and economic well-being of adults more than fifty years later. Excessive sugar intake early in life led to higher prevalence of chronic inflammation, diabetes, elevated cholesterol and arthritis. It also decreased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477292
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Disability and skill mismatch
Jones, Melanie K.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2009
Employment Relations Survey (WERS). It finds that the disabled are significantly more likely to be mismatched in the labour …-limited disabled. Giving workers more discretion over how they perform their work would significantly reduce these negative effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269604
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Disability and skill mismatch
Jones, Melanie K.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2009
Employment Relations Survey (WERS). It finds that the disabled are significantly more likely to be mismatched in the labour …-limited disabled. Giving workers more discretion over how they perform their work would significantly reduce these negative effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899858
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Job anxiety, work-related psychological illness and workplace performance
Jones, Melanie K.; Latrielle, Paul; Sloane, Peter J. - 2011
This paper uses matched employee-employer data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) 2004 to examine the determinants of employee job anxiety and work-related psychological illness. Job anxiety is found to be strongly related to the demands of the job as measured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009501234
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Job anxiety, work-related psychological illness and workplace performance
Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2011
This paper uses matched employee-employer data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) 2004 to examine the determinants of employee job anxiety and work-related psychological illness. Job anxiety is found to be strongly related to the demands of the job as measured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309459
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Informal care and employment in England : evidence from the British household panel survey
Heitmueller, Axel (contributor);  … - 2006
More than 40% of the respondents in the British Household Panel Survey provide informal care at least for one year within the period 1991-2003 and carers are usually less likely to hold simultaneously a paid job. There is little evidence on the mechanism that links informal care provision and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003292053