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...

The paper examines the relationship between health and economic growth using a dynamic panel with threshold effect and endogeneity. The study uses a sample of 136 countries over the period of 1965-2015 and the results indicate that the relationship between health and economic growth is...