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Modelling the links between socioeconomic status and health in Australia: a dynamic microsimulation approach

Walker, Agnes

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This thesis concerns the modelling of individuals’ health over the life course, within the framework set by the now substantial international literature on the relationship between socioeconomic status and health. The focus is on people with long term illnesses and related disabilities, on inequalities in health by socioeconomic status (SES) and on the impact of health on employment. ¶ The main tool of analysis is a dynamic microsimulation model of the Australian population which tracks the...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorWalker, Agnes
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-27T05:49:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-04T02:36:03Z
dc.date.available2009-10-27T05:49:08Z
dc.date.available2011-01-04T02:36:03Z
dc.identifier.otherb25317295
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/49257
dc.description.abstractThis thesis concerns the modelling of individuals’ health over the life course, within the framework set by the now substantial international literature on the relationship between socioeconomic status and health. The focus is on people with long term illnesses and related disabilities, on inequalities in health by socioeconomic status (SES) and on the impact of health on employment. ¶ The main tool of analysis is a dynamic microsimulation model of the Australian population which tracks the demographic, socioeconomic and financial characteristics of individuals and their families over the life course. Its original form, developed at the National Centre for Socioeconomic Modelling, University of Canberra, is based on a one per cent representative sample of the Australian population (around 150,000 individuals), with a series of life course events simulated for individuals and their families up to 2050 - such as births, deaths, migration, taxes, education, labour force participation, earned income, wealth accumulation and government transfers. ...
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.uriThe Australian National University
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectsocioeconomic status
dc.subjectmicrosimulation modelling
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.titleModelling the links between socioeconomic status and health in Australia: a dynamic microsimulation approach
dc.typeThesis (PhD)
dcterms.valid2005
local.description.refereedyes
local.type.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
dc.date.issued2005
local.contributor.affiliationThe Australian National University
local.contributor.affiliationNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
local.identifier.doi10.25911/5d7a2befad92b
local.mintdoimint
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