In this paper we investigate the joint conditional distribution of health (life expectancy) and income growth, and its …

studies also explore the relationship between health status and economic status. Considering issues like pension income and … health, mortality, and medical care, contributors present evidence from the United States, Britain, South Africa, and Russia … relationship between health and financial prosperity. Examining the changes in savings behavior and investment priorities in the …

We provide novel evidence on the impact of a child's health shock on parental labor market outcomes. To identify the … timing of the health shock. We do this by comparing parents across families in similar parental and child age cohorts whose … children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …

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