We use individual and multi-level data from Zambia on child nutritional health to test the absolute income hypothesis … affect health negatively, we find higher income inequality to robustly associate with better child health. The results … (AIH), the relative income hypothesis (RIH) and the income inequality hypothesis (IIH). The results confirm a non …

how this income dynamic affects mental health. Using data on all Swedish couples who married in 2001, I show that mental … health is positively associated with own and spousal income. However, it is negatively linked to the wife's relative income …. Crossing the threshold where the wife starts earning more increases the likelihood of a mental health diagnosis by 8-12 per …

inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration …We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health … indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more pronounced when using subjective health measures than when using …

This study investigates the effect of absolute income and relative income on health in the light of medical evidence … gradient in physical and mental health. The paper shows that individuals' own income has a positive, but modest effect on … health. Absolute income appears to affect only the objective measures of health. Importantly, relative income- as a proxy for …

reporting bias affects the estimation of income-related health inequality as measured by the concentration index. We run a …, clinical health measures. We find that self-reported health measures significantly overstate the degree of income … propose the use of a multidimensional measure of clinical health in the context of measuring income-related health inequality …

inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration …We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health … indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more pronounced when using subjective health measures than when using …

We employ data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate income to health causality. To account for … Granger-type causality running from income to health for married men but not for women or single men. These effects are more … unobserved heterogeneity, we focus on the relationship between earnings growth and changes in self-reported health status. Causal …

inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration …We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health … indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more pronounced when using subjective health measures than when using …

We employ data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate income to health causality. To account for … Granger-type causality running from income to health for married men but not for women or single men. These effects are more … unobserved heterogeneity, we focus on the relationship between earnings growth and changes in self-reported health status. Causal …

inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration … objective health measures. -- Health inequality ; concentration index ; income measurement ; SOEP …We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health …