The impact of health on poverty: Evidence from the South African integrated family survey

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dc.creatorGodlonton, Susan
dc.creatorKeswell, Malcolm
dc.date2013-10-03T15:25:50Z
dc.date2013-10-03T15:25:50Z
dc.date2004-10
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:26Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:26Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the impact of health status on poverty status, accounting for the endogeneity of health status. Using exogenous measures of health status from the South African Integrated Health Survey, we instrument for health status while allowing for covariation among the unobservables influencing both health and household poverty status. Health status, as captured by the body mass index, is shown to strongly influence poverty status. Households that contain more unhealthy individuals are 60% more likely to be income poor than households that contain fewer unhealthy individuals, and this finding appears invariant to the choice of poverty line.
dc.identifier1-77011-010-0
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/646
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Health KW - Poverty LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The impact of health on poverty: Evidence from the South African integrated family survey TI - The impact of health on poverty: Evidence from the South African integrated family survey UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/646 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/646
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCSSR and SALDRU
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationCSSR/SALDRU Working Paper;81
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.titleThe impact of health on poverty: Evidence from the South African integrated family survey
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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