Re: LONGEVITY: Social Factors

From: Robin Hanson (hanson@econ.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 24 1998 - 09:58:11 MDT


Michelle Jones writes:
>how can we filter out the fact that poor health can make one poor? spike

Studies of humans have paid close attention to this possibility, and don't
seem to find it to be a big effect. With animal studies, they have directly
manipulated the status of primates, and found that lowering status lowers
health.

Robin Hanson
hanson@econ.berkeley.edu http://hanson.berkeley.edu/
RWJF Health Policy Scholar, Sch. of Public Health 510-643-1884
140 Warren Hall, UC Berkeley, CA 94720-7360 FAX: 510-643-8614



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