What roles do contemporaneous and cumulative incomes play in the income-child health gradient for young children? Evidence from an Australian panel
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Article Title | What roles do contemporaneous and cumulative incomes play in the income-child health gradient for young children? Evidence from an Australian panel |
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ERA Journal ID | 18375 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Khanam, Rasheda (Author), Nghiem, Hong Son (Author) and Connelly, Luke Brian (Author) |
Journal Title | Health Economics |
Journal Citation | 23 (8), pp. 879-893 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Chichester, West Sussex. United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1057-9230 |
1099-1050 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2961 |
Web Address (URL) | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.2961/pdf |
Abstract | The literature to date shows that children from poorer households tend to have worse health than their peers, and the gap between them grows with age. We investigate whether and how health shocks (as measured by the onset of chronic conditions) contribute to the income–child health gradient and whether the contemporaneous or cumulative effects of income play important mitigating roles. We exploit a rich panel dataset with three panel waves called the Longitudinal Study of Australian children. Given the availability of three waves of data, we are able to apply a range of econometric techniques (e.g. fixed and random effects) to control for unobserved heterogeneity. The paper makes several contributions to the extant literature. First, it shows that an apparent income gradient becomes relatively attenuated in our dataset when the cumulative and contemporaneous effects of household income are distinguished econometrically. Second, it demonstrates that the income–child health gradient becomes statistically insignificant when controlling for parental health and health-related behaviours or unobserved heterogeneity. |
Keywords | child health; income gradient; chronic conditions; panel data; Australia |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380108. Health economics |
440301. Family and household studies | |
420601. Community child health | |
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Byline Affiliations | School of Accounting, Economics and Finance |
University of Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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