The Impact of Income Inequality on Mortality: A Replication Study of Leigh & Jencks (Journal of Health Economics, 2007)
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Keywords
Income Inequality; Health; Mortality; Multiple Imputation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2022-02-14 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2022-02-14 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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