What roles do contemporaneous and cumulative incomes play in the income-child health gradient for young children? Evidence from an Australian panel
| Autor: | Rasheda, Khanam, Hong Son, Nghiem, Luke Brian, Connelly |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Khanam, Rasheda, Nghiem, Hong Son, Connelly, LUKE BRIAN |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
Male United State Canada Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Time Factors Time Factor Child Welfare Longitudinal Studie chronic condition Paternal Age panel data Humans Longitudinal Studies Child Health Status Disparitie Health Policy Australia Infant Newborn Infant Health Status Disparities United States Social Cla Oceanic Ancestry Group Social Class income gradient Child Preschool child health Female Models Econometric Human Maternal Age |
| Popis: | The literature to date shows that children from poorer households tend to have worse health than their peers, and the gap between them grows with age. We investigate whether and how health shocks (as measured by the onset of chronic conditions) contribute to the income-child health gradient and whether the contemporaneous or cumulative effects of income play important mitigating roles. We exploit a rich panel dataset with three panel waves called the Longitudinal Study of Australian children. Given the availability of three waves of data, we are able to apply a range of econometric techniques (e.g. fixed and random effects) to control for unobserved heterogeneity. The paper makes several contributions to the extant literature. First, it shows that an apparent income gradient becomes relatively attenuated in our dataset when the cumulative and contemporaneous effects of household income are distinguished econometrically. Second, it demonstrates that the income-child health gradient becomes statistically insignificant when controlling for parental health and health-related behaviours or unobserved heterogeneity. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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