Estimating the Effect of Income on Health and Mortality Using Lottery Prizes as an Exogenous Source of Variation in Income

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Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Year: 2005
Volume: 40
Issue: 1

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

A vast literature has established a strong positive relation between income and health status and a negative relation with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health and mortality, using only the part of income

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RePEc Handle
repec:uwp:jhriss:v:40:y:2005:i:1:p144-168
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25