Health inequality over the life-cycle

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We investigate the evolution of health inequality over the life-course. Health is modeled as a latent variable that is determined by three factors: endowments, and permanent and transitory shocks. We employ Simulated Minimum Distance and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to estimate the model. We estimate that permanent shocks account for under 10% of the total variation in health for the college educated, but between 35% and 70% of total health variability for people without college degrees. Consistent with this, we find that health inequality moves substantially more slowly over the life-course for the college educated.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4369

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Health ; dynamic panel data models ; variance decomposition ; Gesundheit ; Lebenszyklus ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Bildungsniveau ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Halliday, Timothy J.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35943
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2009100235
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET