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Heterogeneity, State Dependence and Health

Halliday, Timothy J - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2005

In this paper, we use longitudinal data on Self-Reported Health Status from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to estimate a model of the evolution of health over the life-cycle. The model allows for two sources of persistence in health: unobserved heterogeneity, which models an individual’s...

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The Impact of Aggregate and Idiosyncratic Income Shocks on Health Outcomes: Evidence from the PSID

Halliday, Timothy - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2006

In this paper, we investigate the impact of aggregate and idiosyncratic economic shocks on health using data on self-reported health status and mortality from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. First, we document a large correlation between poor macroeconomic conditions and mortality for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572310

Income Risk and Health

Halliday, Timothy J. - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2007

gradient, we find that, on average, adverse income shocks lead to a deterioration of health. These effects are most pronounced …

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OPTIMIZATION BY USING EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS WITH GENETIC ACQUISITIONS

Mateescu, George Daniel - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting 2 (2005) 2, pp. 26-30

to the gradient of an objective function. …

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Heterogeneity, State Dependence and Health

Halliday, Timothy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We investigate the evolution of health over the life-cycle. We allow for two sources of persistence: unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence. Estimation indicates that there is a large degree of heterogeneity. For half the population, there are modest degrees of state dependence. For the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822403

Is There a Gradient in Life Span by Position in the Social Hierarchy?

Lavis, John N; McLeod, Christopher B; Mustard, Cameron A; … - Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis … - 2001

Objectives - To examine within an economically homogeneous group whether there is a gradient in life span by position … be no gradient in life span by position in the social hierarchy even after accounting for cohort and selection effects … the social hierarchy. Conclusions - The lack of a gradient in life span by position in the social hierarchy suggests the …

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Income Volatility and Health

Halliday, Timothy J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We investigate the impact of exogenous income fluctuations on health using twenty years of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics using techniques from the literature on the estimation of dynamic panel data models. Contrary to much of the previous literature on health and socio-economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703285

Income Risk and Health

Halliday, Timothy - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2006

gradient, we find that, on average, adverse income shocks lead to a deterioration of health. These effects are most pronounced …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005704408

Income Volatility and Health

Halliday, Timothy - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2007

We investigate the impact of exogenous income fluctuations on health using twenty years of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. To unravel the impact of income on health from unobserved heterogeneity and reverse causality, we employ techniques from the literature on the estimation of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005704427

Heterogeneity, State Dependence and Health

Halliday, Timothy J. - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2007

health care and its delivery may be an effective means of mitigating the gradient. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005704481