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This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the … contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 … and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014 to quantify health inequality due to childhood circumstances for which they …
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This study aims to examine the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years of … according to health indicator and geographic region. Specifically, geographic location, parents’ education, and parental wealth … factors, such as random variations in health. The results of the generalized entropy measures indicate that the overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129654
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the … contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 … and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014 to quantify health inequality due to childhood circumstances for which they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153307
Research suggests that children from low-income families are more likely to exhibit behavioral problems than children … from wealthier families and these adverse behaviors have long-term detrimental effects on academic outcomes, health and … that children in households experiencing material hardship score significantly higher on aggressive, withdrawn, and anxious …
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This paper aims to investigate the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years … examine the pattern of child health inequality. The results of the anthropometric measures show that 1.5% of children in … education and wealth are the main factors contributing to inequality of opportunity in child health outcome. On the basis of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014584318
of education and lifestyles in the relationship between early-life conditions and later health. Direct and indirect … effects of early-life conditions on adult health are explored using auxiliary linear regressions of education and lifestyles … socioeconomic factors on health status in a cohort of British people born in 1958. Using the longitudinal follow-up data at age 23 …
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health and education government spending on income inequality in the European Union over the 2002-2015 period. In this …
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roles of health and education. We provide empirical evidence for Germany. …Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper …
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using household indicators on expenditures, educational level, health status and land holdings. The purpose is to assess …
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changes in the opportunities for health care and education in the Philippines from 1998 to 2007. …
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