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What is the difference? Evidence on the distribution of wealth, health, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage
Author(s) -
Kennickell Arthur B.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.3375
Subject(s) - life expectancy , distribution (mathematics) , wealth distribution , demographic economics , health and retirement study , economics , health insurance , expectancy theory , actuarial science , demography , health care , economic growth , inequality , sociology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , management , population
There is a literature of long standing that considers the relationship between income and differentials in mortality and morbidity, but information on differentials over the distribution of accumulated wealth have been far more scarce and subject to measurement problems. This paper provides evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances, which is designed as a survey of wealth, on the distribution of wealth and income and how those distributions have shifted in recent years. Particular attention is paid to the distribution of wealth across minority groups and across age groups. The paper also examines the relationship between wealth and health status, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.