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SUMMARY:Johannes Spinnewijn - London School of Economics
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\nThe Chronic Disease Index: Analyzing Health Inequalities Over the Lifec
 ycle\n\n\nAbstract:\nWe study chronic illness to analyze the evolution of h
 ealth inequalities over the life-cycle. Using rich administrative data in t
 he Netherlands, we find that measurable chronic conditions explain about 30
 -40% of the mortality gap between income groups at old age, but the gap in 
 chronic illness already opens up in early adulthood. By age 35, the bottom 
 50% have exceeded the chronic illness burden of 50-year olds in the top 50%
 . Leveraging our panel data, we show that low-income individuals develop ch
 ronic illness at a faster rate and that chronically-ill individuals sort in
 to lower income groups. Aggregated over the life-cycle, the ageing channel 
 is about 50% more important than the sorting channel. Our analysis demonstr
 ates the value of health interventions that target the incidence of chronic
  conditions for low-income groups already earlier in life, before affecting
  mortality later in life. Our analysis of mediating factors indicates the i
 mportance of location relative to health behaviors, especially at younger a
 ges.\n
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