Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 14,523
Cover Image
Some microeconometric evidence on the relationship between health and income
Adeline, Amélie; Delattre, Eric - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 27, pp. 1-18
This paper examines the association between income, income inequalities and health inequalities in Europe. The … contribution of this paper is to study different hypotheses linking self-perceived health status and income, allowing for the … identification of different mechanisms in income-related health inequalities. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763291
Cover Image
Examining the Gender, Ethnicity, and Age Dimensions of the Healthy Immigrant Effect: Implications for Health Care Policy
Kobayashi, Karen M.; Prus, Steven G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
Using data from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, the current study expands on previous research on the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) in adult populations by considering the effects of both immigrant and visible minority status on health for males and females in mid- (45- 64) and later...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671682
Cover Image
Examining the "Healthy Immigrant Effect" in Later Life: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey
Gee, Ellen M.; Kobayashi, Karen M.; Prus, Steven G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2003
Recent studies have established that a "healthy immigrant effect" operates in Canada -- immigrants are generally healthier than Canadian-born persons -- but that this effect tends to diminish over time, as the health of immigrants converges to the Canadian norm. Although this effect has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005635210
Cover Image
Lifelong Socio Economic Position and biomarkers of later life health: Testing the contribution of competing hypotheses
Ploubidis, George B.; Benova, Lenka; Grundy, Emily; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 119 (2014) C, pp. 258-265
The relative contribution of early or later life Socio Economic Position (SEP) to later life health is not fully understood and there are alternative hypotheses about the pathways through which they may influence health. We used data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing with a formal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939557
Cover Image
Some microeconometric evidence on the relationship between health and income
Adeline, Amélie; Delattre, Eric - In: Health Economics Review 7 (2017) 27, pp. 1-18
This paper examines the association between income, income inequalities and health inequalities in Europe. The … contribution of this paper is to study different hypotheses linking self-perceived health status and income, allowing for the … identification of different mechanisms in income-related health inequalities. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010735
Cover Image
Concentration indices of income-related self-reported health : a meta-regression analysis
Costa-Font, Joan; Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina - In: Applied economic perspectives and policy 37 (2015) 4, pp. 619-633
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494164
Cover Image
A 'Health Kuznets' Curve'? Cross-Country and Longitudinal Evidence
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Hernandez-Quevedo, Cristina; Sato, Azusa - CESifo - 2013
The distribution of income related health inequalities exhibits varying patterns when developing countries and … per capita) and income inequalities in health (as measured by concentration indices). We draw upon two datasets, the World … association between of per capita GDP and income related health inequalities. Thus, there is a health Kuznets’ curve on per capita …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877671
Cover Image
Inequalities in Self-Reported Health: A Meta-Regression Analysis
Costa-Font, J.; Hernandez-Quevedo, C. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013
account for a set of biases in estimates of income-related health inequalities that rely on centration indexrelated methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010631747
Cover Image
Socioeconomic differences in purchases of more vs. less healthy foods and beverages: Analysis of over 25,000 British households in 2010
Pechey, Rachel; Jebb, Susan A.; Kelly, Michael P.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 92 (2013) C, pp. 22-26
Socioeconomic inequalities in diet-related health outcomes are well-recognised, but are not fully explained by observational studies of consumption. We provide a novel analysis to identify purchasing patterns more precisely, based on data for take-home food and beverage purchases from 25,674...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681793
Cover Image
Neighbourhood deprivation and adolescent self-esteem: Exploration of the ‘socio-economic equalisation in youth’ hypothesis in Britain and Canada
Fagg, James H.; Curtis, Sarah E.; Cummins, Steven; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 91 (2013) C, pp. 168-177
-esteem in Britain and Canada. Data from the British Youth Panel (BYP) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth …/rural status, household income and family structure was investigated. There were no significant differences in self-esteem between … the most deprived and most affluent neighbourhoods (Canada unadjusted OR = 1.00, 95% CI 0.76, 1.33; Britain unadjusted OR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011042758