Individuals' socioeconomic status (SES) is positively correlated with their health status. While the existence of this … insights on the causal structure of the health-SES nexus. We introduce some methodological refinements and integrate … retrospective survey data on early childhood circumstances into this framework. We confirm that childhood health has lasting …

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of health in the very long run. Using a unique purpose … (IGT) of health and the impact of previous generations' health shocks on socioeconomic outcomes. Our results provide strong … evidence in favour of IGT of health, in particular for males. In contrast to the existing literature that focuses on early life …