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This paper investigates whether and to what extent long-run trends in population health affected income inequality in … the United States over the period 1960-2000. To isolate exogenous variation in health over time, the analysis exploits the … prevention of these diseases after 1960. The results demonstrate that health improvements contributed to rising income inequality …
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This paper investigates the impact of parental education on child health, exploiting a compulsory schooling law …, education that matters most for child health. There are also important differences in the effect according to child gender. An …
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This paper attempts to examine the relationship between health and economic growth. The rate of growth is measured … using gross national income [GNI] and health status is measured using infant mortality rate, life expectancy rate and crude … health rate. The above relationships are measured using a multivariate framework controlling for other background variables …
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estimate causal effects of higher education attainment on a wide range of cohorts' health-related outcomes at ages 33, 42 and … 50. The non-pecuniary benefits to HE attainments on health are substantial. Higher educated cohorts are more likely to … report better health, maintain a healthy weight, be non-smokers and to have a higher sense of control on drinking alcohol and …
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