Do wealth shocks affect health? New evidence from the housing boom
(2016)
Journal Article
Fichera, E., & Gathergood, J. (in press). Do wealth shocks affect health? New evidence from the housing boom. Health Economics, 25(S2), https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3431
We exploit wealth shocks arising from housing wealth gains to examine the relationship between wealth and health. In UK household panel data positive housing wealth gains lower the likelihood of home owners exhibiting a range of non-chronic health co... Read More about Do wealth shocks affect health? New evidence from the housing boom.