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to where wages are higher. But the effect of this migration on health is less clear and existing evidence is ambiguous … hypertension. Hypertension is a leading global health problem, as well as being an important health measure that responds quickly … increases in blood pressure and hypertension, which have implications for future health budgets given the recent worldwide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153061
capital, health, is also largely transmitted from generation to generation, contributing to limited socio-economic mobility …. Using data from the NLSY, we first present new evidence on intergenerational transmission of health outcomes in the U … native and immigrant children inherit a prominent fraction of their health status from their parents, and that, on average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452239
to where wages are higher. But the effect of this migration on health is less clear and existing evidence is ambiguous … hypertension. Hypertension is a leading global health problem, as well as being an important health measure that responds quickly … increases in blood pressure and hypertension, which have implications for future health budgets given the recent worldwide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136954
Index (BMI) and improved health. Our research examines the relationship between an individual's health and their environment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911189
The Healthy Immigrant Paradox found in the literature by comparing the health of immigrants to that of natives in the …-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to that of their compatriots who stay in the country of origin. Isolating … cultural effects can best gauge self-selection and host country effects on the health of emigrants with longer time abroad. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822692
This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on … type of visa used to gain admission. The concept of "health capital" and an immigrant selection and adjustment model are …). Immigrant health is greater for immigrants who are younger, more educated, male, more proficient in English, and living outside …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317406
The Healthy Immigrant Paradox found in the literature by comparing the health of immigrants to that of natives in the …-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to that of their compatriots who stay in the country of origin. Isolating … cultural effects can best gauge self-selection and host country effects on the health of emigrants with longer time abroad. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287319
The Healthy Immigrant Paradox found in the literature by comparing the health of immigrants to that of natives in the …-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to that of their compatriots who stay in the country of origin. Isolating … cultural effects can best gauge self-selection and host country effects on the health of emigrants with longer time abroad. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265276
Index (BMI) and improved health. Our research examines the relationship between an individual's health and their environment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903787
capital, health, is also largely transmitted from generation to generation, contributing to limited socio-economic mobility …. Using data from the NLSY, we first present new evidence on intergenerational transmission of health outcomes in the U … native and immigrant children inherit a prominent fraction of their health status from their parents, and that, on average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999008