We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health on income mainly operating through employment, although it is difficult to gauge the magnitude of the ...
Amsterdam:
Tinbergen Institute,
2013,
(Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper TI 2013-170/V)
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