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dc.contributor.author | Currie, Alison | en |
dc.contributor.author | Shields, Michael A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Price, Stephen Wheatley | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T16:15:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T16:15:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20596 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In an influential study Case et al. (2002) documented a positive relationship between familyincome and child health in the US, with the slope of the gradient being larger for older thanyounger children. In this paper we explore the child health income gradient in England, whichhas a comprehensive publicly-funded National Health Service (NHS) founded on the twinprinciples of health care being free at the point of delivery and equality of access for thewhole population. Our analysis is based on a sample of over 13,000 children (and theirparents) drawn from the Health Survey for England. In accordance with Case et al. (2002),we find consistent and robust evidence of a significant family income gradient in child healthusing the subjective general health status measure. However, in England the size of thegradient is considerably smaller than that found for the US and we find no evidence that itsslope increases with child age. We also provide new evidence that nutrition and familylifestyle choices have an important role in determining child health and that child healthoutcomes are highly correlated within the family. In addition, we find no evidence of anincome gradient for objective indicators of child health, derived from nurse measurementsand blood test results. Together our evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that the NHShas a protective effect on the health of children in England. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x1328 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I1 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | child health | en |
dc.subject.keyword | income gradient | en |
dc.subject.keyword | chronic illness | en |
dc.subject.keyword | nutrition | en |
dc.subject.keyword | lifestyle | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kinder | en |
dc.subject.stw | Gesundheit | en |
dc.subject.stw | Haushaltseinkommen | en |
dc.subject.stw | Ernährung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lifestyle | en |
dc.subject.stw | Schätzung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Grossbritannien | en |
dc.title | Is the Child Health / Family Income Gradient Universal? : Evidence from England | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 474204995 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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