Health for wealth: decomposing the role of health on productivity in England using individual and population-level longitudinal data from the UK

BackgroundThe productivity gap between the north and rest of England is around £44 billion per year. There is a substantial health gap, with mean average life expectancy 2 years lower and increased morbidity in the north. This study estimated how much of the productivity difference between the north and rest of England can be explained by poor health.MethodsAn individual analysis used data from Understanding Society: The UK Household...