This chapter consists of four components. The first is the paper Healthy, Wealthy and Wise? Tests for Direct Causal Paths between Health and Socioeconomic Status by Peter Adams, Michael D. Hurd, Daniel McFadden, Angela Merrill, and Tiago Ribeiro, which originally was presented at the conference and then appeared in the Journal of Econometrics. The second is a new addendum that describes updates in data and analysis since its publication. The third includes additional appendix tables, while the fourth refers to the authors' response to comments on the paper. The links between health, wealth, and education have been studied in a number of populations, with the general finding that higher socioeconomic status is associated with better health and longer life. The chapter tests for the absence of direct causal links in an elderly population by examining whether innovations in health and wealth in a panel are influenced by features of the historical state.
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