Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality

Mausumi Das () and Shankha Chakraborty

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Abstract: Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. Health human capital is introduced into a two-period overlapping generations model. [CDE WP No. 119].

Keywords: Life Expectancy; human capital; intergenerational correlation; Health; Human Capital; Income Distribution; health status; rich; poor; intergenerational mobility; equity; US economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-01
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