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dc.contributor.authorReinhold, Steffenen
dc.contributor.authorJürges, Hendriken
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-08-
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-04T13:06:02Z-
dc.date.available2010-02-04T13:06:02Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/29747-
dc.description.abstractWe use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the UK. The relationship in Germany is about as strong in the US and stronger than in the UK. However, in contrast to US results, we do not find that the disadvantages associated with low parental income accumulate as the child ages, nor that children from low socioeconomic background are more likely to suffer from objectively measured health problems - except for obesity. There is some evidence, however, that high income children are better able to cope with the adverse consequences of chronic conditions. Finally, we do not find that child health (except for low birth weight) plays a major role in the explanation of educational attainment once parental income and education are controlled for.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDIW Discussion Papers |x871en
dc.subject.jelI12en
dc.subject.jelJ13en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordParental incomeen
dc.subject.keywordchild healthen
dc.subject.stwKinderen
dc.subject.stwGesundheiten
dc.subject.stwBildungsniveauen
dc.subject.stwHaushaltseinkommenen
dc.subject.stwElternen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleParental income and child health in Germany-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn596047509en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp871en

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