Title

Socioeconomic status and health in childhood: A comment on Chen, Martin and Matthews (2006)

Author(s)

Anne Case Anne Case (Princeton University)

Christina Paxson Christina Paxson (Princeton University)

Tom Vogl Tom Vogl (Princeton University)

Abstract

Understanding whether the gradient in children?s health becomes steeper with age is an important first step in uncovering the mechanisms that connect economic and health status, and in recommending sensible interventions to protect children?s health. To that end, this paper examines why two sets of authors, Chen et al (2006) and Case et al (2002), using data from the same source, reach markedly different conclusions about income-health gradients in childhood. We find that differences can be explained primarily by the inclusion (exclusion) of a handful of younger adults living independently.

Creation Date

2006-05

Section URL ID

CHWB

Paper Number

50

URL

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwjFN4HbBrDBWTdSX1ZFd2IySkU/view?pref=2&pli=1

File Function

Jel

I10

Keyword(s)

Suppress

false

Series

9