This paper examines the relationship between relative income inequality and health in Finland, using individual … microdata over the period 1993-2005. Our data allows us to analyse a large spectrum of health indicators. Overall, our results … negatively related to the probability of good physical health and no disability retirement. For men, relative income inequality …

The second half of the twentieth century recorded a rapid growth in health care spending and a significant increase in … structures or insurance opportunities, but instead by factors underlying the production and accumulation of health. According to …

There are severe inequalities in health in the world, poor health being concentrated amongst poor people in poor … countries. Poor countries spend a much smaller share of national income on health expenditure than do richer countries. What … potential lies in political or growth processes that raise this share? This depends upon how effective government health …

Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we investigate the impact of health on domestic migration within … the United States. We find that, for men below 60 years of age, a move from the middle to the bottom of the health … find evidence that, among older men, there is higher mobility at the top and bottom of the health distribution than there …

It is well documented that immigrants are in better health upon arrival in the United States than their American … counterparts, but that this health advantage erodes over time. We study the potential determinants of this "healthy immigrant … the National Health Interview Survey, we find that the average female and male immigrants enter the U.S. with BMIs that …

This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of relationships like marriage. Although … and disciplines, that there is persuasive longitudinal evidence for such effects. The size of the health gain from …

We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main … causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index …

Numerous theoretical reasons have been posited about why more schooling might improve health. Adult health outcomes and … schooling has causal effects on health outcomes and behaviors. Causal estimates based on schooling variation from policies and … significantly associated with numerous health outcomes and behaviors. However, with within-MZ twins control for unobserved factors …

Within the areas of literature on both population aging and health and homelessness, little attention has been given to … persons. The findings illustrate participants' experiences of positive health change since moving into a stable housing … environment and the aspects of housing they perceive to have improved their health and wellbeing. The qualitative findings also …