We investigate the evolution of health inequality over the life-course. Health is modeled as a latent variable that is … variation in health for the college educated, but between 35% and 70% of total health variability for people without college … degrees. Consistent with this, we find that health inequality moves substantially more slowly over the life-course for the …

We investigate the evolution of health inequality over the life-course. Health is modeled as a latent variable that is … variation in health for the college educated, but between 35% and 70% of total health variability for people without college … degrees. Consistent with this, we find that health inequality moves substantially more slowly over the life-course for the …

We consider the covariance structure of health. Agents report their health status on the basis of a latent health stock … account for 5% to 10% of the variation in health. At age 60, this percentage rise to between 60% and 80%. We document a …

We investigate the evolution of health inequality over the life-course. Health is modeled as a latent variable that is … variation in health for the college educated, but between 35% and 70% of total health variability for people without college … degrees. Consistent with this, we find that health inequality moves substantially more slowly over the life-course for the …

We investigate the evolution of health inequality over the life-course. Health is modeled as a latent variable that is … variation in health for the colleged educated, but between 35% and 70% of total health variability for people without college … degrees. Consistent with this, we find that health inequality moves substantially more slowly over the life-course for the …

We consider the covariance structure of health. Agents report their health status on the basis of a latent health stock … account for 5% to 10% of the variation in health. At age 60, this percentage rise to between 60% and 80%. We document a …

This paper investigates the evolution of health over the life-cycle using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We allow ….” Estimation indicates that there are at least four types suggesting that there is a large degree of heterogeneity governing health … findings are twofold. First, health inequalities in adulthood have antecedents in childhood. Second, policies that improve …

We investigate the evolution of health over the life-cycle. We allow for two sources of persistence: unobserved … individual characteristics that trace back to early adulthood and before can have far reaching effects on health. …

In this paper, we use longitudinal data on Self-Reported Health Status from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to … estimate a model of the evolution of health over the life-cycle. The model allows for two sources of persistence in health …: unobserved heterogeneity, which models an individual’s (unobserved) ability to cope with health shocks, and state dependence …

health indicators. The results indicate a strong effect of macro-economic conditions during childhood on mortality at all …