The income gradient in children's health: A comment on Currie, Shields and Wheatley Price
The income gradient in children's health: A comment on Currie, Shields and Wheatley Price
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.005
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发表时间：
2008-05-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Paxson, Christina
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作者：
Case, Anne;Lee, Diana;Paxson, Christina
本文重新研究了美国和英国儿童健康的收入梯度之间的差异，最初由[Case，A.，Lubotsky，D.，帕克森角，2002.儿童时期的经济地位和健康：梯度的起源。美国经济评论92，1308-1334]，以及[Currie，A.，希尔兹文学硕士惠特利普莱斯，S.，2007.儿童健康/家庭收入梯度：来自英国的证据。健康经济学杂志26，213-232]英格兰。我们发现，当比较同一时期的英国和美国数据时，这些差异会减少。此外，柯里，希尔兹和惠特利价格的措施，慢性疾病的健康调查英格兰是错误的编码。修正后的数据表明，在英格兰，收入在缓冲儿童健康免受慢性病影响方面发挥着更大的作用。(C)2007 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
This paper re-examines differences found between income gradients in American and English children's health, in results originally presented by [Case, A., Lubotsky, D., Paxson, C., 2002. Economic status and health in childhood: the origins of the gradient. American Economic Review 92, 1308-1334] for the US, and by [Currie, A., Shields, M.A., Wheatley Price, S., 2007. The child health/family income gradient: evidence from England. Journal of Health Economics 26, 213-232] for England. We find that these differences are reduced when English and American data from the same time period are compared. In addition, Currie, Shields and Wheatley Price's measures of chronic conditions from the Health Survey of England were incorrectly coded. Corrected data indicate that income plays a larger role in buffering children's health from the effects of chronic conditions in England. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.