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Health dynamics shape life-cycle incomes.

Rainer Kotschy¹

¹LMU Munich, Munich, Germany; CESifo, Munich, Germany.

Journal of Health Economics

|December 7, 2020

Summary

Major health improvements causally boost income growth and shape life-cycle earnings. Better health, education, and labor supply explain evolving income dynamics over working life.

Area of Science:

Health Economics
Sociology of Health

Background:

Significant advancements in public health have occurred over the past century.
Understanding the economic consequences of health improvements is crucial for policy-making.

Purpose of the Study:

To empirically investigate the long-run effects of major health improvements on income growth in the United States.
To provide novel evidence on how health dynamics shape life-cycle incomes.

Main Methods:

Utilized quasi-experimental variation in cardiovascular disease mortality across U.S. states over time.
Employed econometric modeling focusing on the white population to isolate exogenous health changes.

Main Results:

Established a causal link between improvements in health and per capita income.

Keywords:

Age Education Labor supply Life expectancy Mortality Productivity

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Demonstrated that health dynamics significantly shape life-cycle income profiles.

Observed steeper income slopes at the beginning and end of working life in 2000 compared to 1960.

Conclusions:

Health improvements are a significant driver of income growth and economic well-being.
Changes in health, educational attainment, and labor supply have transformed income dynamics over the life cycle.
The findings highlight the economic returns of investing in public health initiatives.