Open AccessPhysical Health Effects of the Housing Boom: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
Author(s) -
Amar Hamoudi,
Jennifer Beam Dowd
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.301205
Subject(s) - health and retirement study , gerontology , waist , valuation (finance) , demography , boom , medicine , psychology , environmental health , demographic economics , obesity , economics , finance , sociology , environmental engineering , engineering
We examined the impact of the dramatic increases in housing prices in the United States in the 1990s and early 2000s on physical health outcomes among a representative sample of middle-aged and older Americans.