The Impact of Aggregate and Idiosyncratic Income Shocks on Health Outcomes: Evidence from the PSID
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gradient; recessions; health; dynamic panel data models;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2006-04-22 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2006-04-22 (Insurance Economics)
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