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Cognitive Decline and Dynamic Selection

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The age profile of cognitive skill decline, and the investments that shape it, are potentially confounded by non-random mortality. I frame this dynamic selection problem in the context of health capital (Grossman, 1972), and I estimate a general model of health investment, health, and mortality. Consistent with theory, I find substantially wider gaps in cognitive health by education, race, and smoking behavior relative to cross-sectional comparisons, in some cases by 100%. Furthermore, these gaps grow in age, which suggests that theories of cognitive decline need to accommodate differential rates of change in cognitive health.

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  • Darden, M.E.;, 2023. "Cognitive Decline and Dynamic Selection," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 23/09, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
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    Keywords

    health production; dynamic selection; cognitive skills; dementia; tobacco; disparities;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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