Code for: The Roots of Health Inequality and The Value of Intra-Family Expertise
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago; Petra Persson, Stanford University; Maria Polyakova, Stanford University
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Project Citation:
Chen, Yiqun, Persson, Petra, and Polyakova, Maria. Code for: The Roots of Health Inequality and The Value of Intra-Family Expertise. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-06-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E144581V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Code accompanying article with the following abstract: In the context of Sweden, we show that having a doctor in the family raises preventive health investments throughout the lifecycle, improves physical health, and prolongs life. Two quasi-experimental research designs -- medical school admissions lotteries and variation in the timing of medical degrees -- support a causal interpretation of these effects. A hypothetical policy that would bring the same health behavior changes and benefits to all Swedes would close 18 percent of the mortality-income gradient. Our results suggest that socioeconomic differences in exposure to health-related expertise may meaningfully contribute to health inequality.
Funding Sources:
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United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (R21AG052833);
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Stanford Spectrum Pilot Grants for Population Health Sciences. (5UL1TR001085);
Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences;
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research;
University of Chicago Becker Friedman Institute
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
H10 Structure and Scope of Government: General
H40 Publicly Provided Goods: General
H50 National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
I14 Health and Inequality
D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
H10 Structure and Scope of Government: General
H40 Publicly Provided Goods: General
H50 National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
I14 Health and Inequality
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