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Are Low Wages Risk Factors For Hypertension?, J. Paul Leigh, Juan Du
Are Low Wages Risk Factors For Hypertension?, J. Paul Leigh, Juan Du
Economics Faculty Publications
Objective: Socio-economic status (SES) is strongly correlated with hypertension. But SES has several components, including income and correlations in cross-sectional data need not imply SES is a risk factor. This study investigates whether wages-the largest category within income-are risk factors. Methods: We analysed longitudinal, nationally representative US data from four waves (1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005) of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The overall sample was restricted to employed persons age 25-65 years, n = 17 295. Separate subsamples were constructed of persons within two age groups (25-44 and 45-65 years) and genders. Hypertension incidence was self-reported based on …
Formal And Informal Care: An Empirical Bayesian Analysis Using The Two-Part Model, Juan Du
Formal And Informal Care: An Empirical Bayesian Analysis Using The Two-Part Model, Juan Du
Economics Faculty Publications
Informal care provided to the elderly by their children is proposed as a less expensive alternative to institutional long-term care. This paper explores how the elderly's consumption of medical care changes in response to changes in the informal care they receive from their children. Many earlier studies have ignored both the endogeneity of informal care and the complicated nature of health care utilization data. This paper develops a two-part model with informal care treated as an endogenous regressor and imposes exclusion restrictions on the selection process. The model is fitted using the Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, in …