Health improvements impact income inequality

IF 1.9 3区经济学 Q2 DEMOGRAPHY

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jeoa.2022.100385

Rainer Kotschy

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Abstract

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 sharp decline in cardiovascular disease mortality across states that originated from medical advances in the treatment and prevention of these diseases after 1960. The results demonstrate that health improvements contributed to rising income inequality through mechanisms related to education.

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健康改善影响收入不平等

本文调查了1960-2000年期间美国人口健康的长期趋势是否以及在多大程度上影响了收入不平等。为了分离健康随时间的外源性变化，该分析利用了各州心血管疾病死亡率的急剧下降，这些下降源于1960年后治疗和预防这些疾病的医学进步。研究结果表明，通过与教育相关的机制，健康状况的改善加剧了收入不平等。

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Multiple-

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

4.50%

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审稿时长

49 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of the Economics of Ageing (JEoA) is an international academic journal that publishes original theoretical and empirical research dealing with the interaction between demographic change and the economy. JEoA encompasses both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives and offers a platform for the discussion of topics including labour, health, and family economics, social security, income distribution, social mobility, immigration, productivity, structural change, economic growth and development. JEoA also solicits papers that have a policy focus.