Health and wealth of elderly couples: Causality tests using dynamic panel data models

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1312-1325

  Michaud, Pierre Carl ^a,b   van Soest, Arthur ^a,b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Causality; Dynamic panel data models; Health; Inequality

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MODEL TEST; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAUSALITY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50249165312     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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