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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 … income gradient in UK. Standard behavioral risk factors (work, marriage, obesity, exercise, and smoking) almost fully explain …
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) wealth and health or (ii) parental income and children's outcomes do not reflect a causal effect of wealth. …We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health … assigned. In adults, we find no evidence that wealth impacts mortality or health care utilization, with the possible exception …
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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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inequality. In high income countries, the evidence that income (wealth) does have a causal impact on health in adulthood is weak …We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence …
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that income (wealth) does have a causal impact on health in adulthood is weak. But this may simply reflect the difficulty …We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence …
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income (wealth) does have a causal impact on health in adulthood is weak. But this may simply reflect the difficulty of … Distribution', volume 2B, North Holland, Elsevier, chapter 18, 143 pages.<P> We examine the relationship between income and health … with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the distribution of health in a population contributes to income …
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socioeconomic status (low education and income) and residents of the less developed central and western regions. This beneficial …Using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we investigate the causal relation between housing … conditions (both internal and external) and health among urban adults aged 18+. We find that housing improvement reduces the …
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Physical height is an important economic variable re ecting health and human capital. Puzzlingly, however, differences … in average height across developing countries are not well explained by differences in wealth. In particular, children in … disease and stunt children's growth. I apply three complementary empirical strategies to Demographic and Health Survey data to …
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Physical height is an important economic variable re ecting health and human capital. Puzzlingly, however, differences … in average height across developing countries are not well explained by differences in wealth. In particular, children in … disease and stunt children's growth. I apply three complementary empirical strategies to Demographic and Health Survey data to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150250
Physical height is an important economic variable re ecting health and human capital. Puzzlingly, however, differences … in average height across developing countries are not well explained by differences in wealth. In particular, children in … disease and stunt children's growth. I apply three complementary empirical strategies to Demographic and Health Survey data to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701334