Abstract
Using nine biannual waves (1998–2014) from the Health and Retirement Study, this study employed fixed-effects models to estimate the relationship between cancer and changes in financial status, measured by liquidity, solvency, and investment ratios. Results show that cancer survivors in the initial stage of cancer care increased their emergency fund equivalent to 15 days of living expenses, along with an increase in their debt to asset ratio by 0.8%, and a decrease of investment asset to net worth ratio by 0.4%. Furthermore, two additional years of post-cancer care and rehabilitation lead to an increase of five more days in emergency cash need and a decrease in investment asset to net worth ratio by 0.3%.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 165-179 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Family and Economic Issues |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 15 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- Cancer
- Financial status
- Financial strain
- Investment
- Liquidity
- Solvency
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Economics and Econometrics
