There is a substantial debate over the direction of the causal relation between income and health. This is important … for our understanding of the health production process and for the policy debate over improving healthcare. We instrument … income with rainfall measurements by matching satellite information on timing and positioning of 21 rainfall stations to …

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

This paper uses a gravity model of migration to analyze how income differentials affect the flow of immigrants into U ….S. states using annual data from the American Community Survey. We add to existing literature by decomposing income …

This paper uses a gravity model of migration to analyze how income differentials affect the flow of immigrants into U ….S. states using annual data from the American Community Survey. We add to existing literature by decomposing income …

olds, we estimate similar health gradients in income and wealth in both countries, but for 70-80 year old, we find no … benefits are largely flat and independent of past income and hence past health during the working years. Finally, we report … the English. In contrast, age specific mortality rates are similar in the two countries with an even higher risk among the …