Journal
MILBANK QUARTERLY
Volume 89, Issue 4, Pages 694-727Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00647.x
Keywords
Health status; low-income population; income-health gradient; EITC
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Context: The existence of a positive relationship between income and morbidity has been well documented in the literature. But it is unclear whether the relationship is positive because increased income allows individuals to purchase more health inputs that improve their health, because healthy individuals are more productive and thus can earn higher wages in the labor market, or because a third factor is improving health and increasing income. This article explores whether increases in income improve the health of the low-income population.
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