This paper investigates the existence of nonlinearities in the relationship between financial development and income inequality, using the Instrumental Variable Threshold Regression (IVTR) introduced by Caner and Hansen (2004). It is shown, based on cross-sectional data of 60 developed and...

The paper examines the conditional effect of income on mortality risk of men in Tunisia in a population based case-control survey study combining individual data from two databases on 11,231 survivors and 1,498 deceased. The main question addressed in the study is whether inequalities in health,...

This paper intends to analyze the dynamics of monetary policy in Tunisia during the last decade. In particular, we seek to explain the main factors that have hindered the achievement of the paramount objective of the monetary authority to stabilize prices. To do this, we used a dynamic...

Using a MIMIC model with structural equations and two synthetic health scores, this study attempts to explore the impact of the measurement of health status on socioeconomic inequalities in health. The results showed satisfactory internal consistency for both summary measures that are the...

Using data from the World Value Survey (2010–2012) for 18 MENA countries, this paper investigates the causal relationship between social capital and health by applying simultaneous-equations based on structural modeling and IVs regression. Our main findings corroborate the hypothesis of...

This paper examines the determinants of healthcare expenditure for low‐, middle‐ and high‐income countries, and it quantifies their influences in order to assess policies for achieving universal health coverage. We elaborate two models, a fixed‐effect model and the dynamic panel model,...