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Do sudden, large wealth losses affect mental health? We use exogenous variation in the interview dates of the 2008 Health and Retirement Study to assess the impact of large wealth losses on mental health among older U.S. adults. We compare cross-wave changes in wealth and mental health for...
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lasting effects on the child's educational attainment, future household income and the probability of having criminal …
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We show that the positive relation between income deprivation and mental health is affected by an individual's non …-cognitive skills. Income deprivation is operationalized as the Yitzhaki index, i.e., as a function of the sum of income differences … at alleviating the well-being costs of income deprivation. …
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Using a survey of 19,977 children in two provinces, this paper explores the prevalence, correlates and potential consequences of poor vision among children in China's vast but understudied rural areas. We find that 24% of sample students suffer from reduced uncorrected visual acuity in either...
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less educated. Effects on income are small and mostly insignificant. We investigate some of the mechanisms which may be …
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This Working Paper examines income-related inequalities in health care service utilisation in OECD countries. It …
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We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … supports a substantial impact of ill-health on income, mainly operating through employment, although the magnitude of ill …
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This essay disentangles the inequalities in the take-up of non-standard work by gender as well as the gender … probably connected to higher income uncertainty for temporary employees, and can magnify the cost of holding a temporary job by …
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