Chen, Yiqun
The roots of health inequality and the value of intrafamily expertise / Yiqun Chen, Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova
Resumen
Bibliografía
In the context of Sweden, we show that having a doctor in the family raises preventive health investments throughout the life cycle, improves physical health, and prolongs life. Two quasi-experimental research designs—medical school admission 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.
MEDICOS
FAMILIA
PREVENCIÓN
POLITICA SANITARIA
ANALISIS ECONOMICO
DESIGUALDAD
SUECIA
Persson, Petra
Polyakova, Maria A.
American Economic Journal : Applied Economics 1945-7782v. 14, n. 3, July 2022, p. 185-223
The roots of health inequality and the value of intrafamily expertise / Yiqun Chen, Petra Persson and Maria Polyakova
Resumen
Bibliografía
In the context of Sweden, we show that having a doctor in the family raises preventive health investments throughout the life cycle, improves physical health, and prolongs life. Two quasi-experimental research designs—medical school admission 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.
MEDICOS
FAMILIA
PREVENCIÓN
POLITICA SANITARIA
ANALISIS ECONOMICO
DESIGUALDAD
SUECIA
Persson, Petra
Polyakova, Maria A.
American Economic Journal : Applied Economics 1945-7782v. 14, n. 3, July 2022, p. 185-223