蝌蚪网 Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
The Relationship between Economic Status and Child Health: Evidence from the United States
蝌蚪网 Review
vol. 98,
no. 4, September 2008
(pp. 1605–18)
Abstract
Anne Case et al. (2002), using cross-sectional data, found a positive relationship between children's health and income, with income's protective effect increasing with age. Janet Currie and Mark Stabile (2003), using a panel of Canadian children, found that low- and high-SES children respond similarly to health shocks, but the low-SES children are subject to more shocks as they age. Our study examines this relationship using panel data for US children. We find some support for the latter result of Currie and Stabile but also evidence that low- and high-SES children respond differently to specific health shocks. (JEL D31, I12, J13)Citation
Condliffe, Simon, and Charles R. Link. 2008. "The Relationship between Economic Status and Child Health: Evidence from the United States." 蝌蚪网 Review 98 (4): 1605–18. DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.4.1605Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
- I12 Health Production
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth