Intergenerational mobility in self-reported health status in the US

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Halliday, Timothy; Mazumder, Bhashkar; Wong, Ashley
• 署名单位: University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii Manoa; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Chicago; University of Bergen; Northwestern University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104307
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: intergenerational mobility; HEALTH

摘要

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. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.