Case Anne, Lee Diana, Paxson Christina
Princeton University, 316 Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States.
J Health Econ. 2008 May;27(3):801-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.005. Epub 2007 Nov 29.
This paper re-examines differences found between income gradients in American and English children's health, in results originally presented by [Case, A., Lubotsky, D., Paxson, C., 2002. Economic status and health in childhood: the origins of the gradient. American Economic Review 92, 1308-1334] for the US, and by [Currie, A., Shields, M.A., Wheatley Price, S., 2007. The child health/family income gradient: evidence from England. Journal of Health Economics 26, 213-232] for England. We find that these differences are reduced when English and American data from the same time period are compared. In addition, Currie, Shields and Wheatley Price's measures of chronic conditions from the Health Survey of England were incorrectly coded. Corrected data indicate that income plays a larger role in buffering children's health from the effects of chronic conditions in England.
本文重新审视了美国和英国儿童健康收入梯度之间的差异,这些差异最初由[凯斯,A.,卢博茨基,D.,帕克森,C.,2002年。童年时期的经济状况与健康:梯度的起源。《美国经济评论》92,1308 - 1334]呈现的美国研究结果,以及由[柯里,A.,希尔兹,M.A.,惠特利·普赖斯,S.,2007年。儿童健康/家庭收入梯度:来自英国的证据。《健康经济学杂志》26,213 - 232]呈现的英国研究结果。我们发现,当比较同一时期的英美数据时,这些差异会减小。此外,柯里、希尔兹和惠特利·普赖斯在英国健康调查中对慢性病的测量编码有误。修正后的数据表明,在英国,收入在缓冲儿童健康免受慢性病影响方面发挥着更大的作用。