TY - JOUR
T1 - Intergenerational mobility in self-reported health status in the US
AU - Halliday, T.
AU - Mazumder, B.
AU - Wong, A.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We present estimates of intergenerational mobility in self-reported health status (SRHS) in the US using data from the PSID. We estimate that the rank-rank slope in SRHS is 0.26. We show that including both parent health and income in models of intergenerational mobility increases the explanatory power of child outcomes. We construct a monetary metric for health and then use this to combine income and health into a measure of welfare and estimate the rank-rank slope to be about 0.4 for this new measure. Finally, we document striking health mobility gaps by race, region and parent education.
AB - We present estimates of intergenerational mobility in self-reported health status (SRHS) in the US using data from the PSID. We estimate that the rank-rank slope in SRHS is 0.26. We show that including both parent health and income in models of intergenerational mobility increases the explanatory power of child outcomes. We construct a monetary metric for health and then use this to combine income and health into a measure of welfare and estimate the rank-rank slope to be about 0.4 for this new measure. Finally, we document striking health mobility gaps by race, region and parent education.
KW - health
KW - intergenerational mobility
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104307
DO - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104307
M3 - Article
SN - 0047-2727
VL - 193
JO - Journal of Public Economics
JF - Journal of Public Economics
M1 - 104307
ER -