Health Inequality and Economic Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

We thank Bocar Ba, Courtney Coile, Martín García-Vázquez, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Jon Skinner, and Marcos Vera Hernandez for helpful comments. The research reported herein was performed pursuant to grant RDR18000003 from the US Social Security Administration (SSA), funded as part of the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium. Borella gratefully acknowledges funding from the European Union - Next Generation EU, Mission 4 Component 2, within the NRRP (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) project “Age-It - Ageing well in an ageing society” (PE0000015 - CUP H73C22000900006). The opinions and conclusions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not represent the opinions or policy of SSA, any agency of the Federal Government, NBER, CEPR, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the Federal Reserve System, the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the contents of this report. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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