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The effect of growth and inequality in incomes on health inequality : theory and empirical evidence from the European panel
Van Ourti, Tom; Van Doorslaer, Eddy; Koolman, Xander - 2006
Europe aims at combining income growth with improvements in social cohesion as measured by income and health … growth and the income responsiveness of health. We investigate whether these conditions held in Europe in the nineties using ….Keywords:income inequality, health inequality, income elasticity of health, Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350378
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The Effect of Growth and Inequality in Incomes on Health Inequality: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the European Panel
Ourti, Tom Van; Doorslaer, Eddy Van; Koolman, Xander - 2006
Europe aims at combining income growth with improvements in social cohesion as measured by income and health … growth and the income responsiveness of health. We investigate whether these conditions held in Europe in the nineties using ….Keywords:income inequality, health inequality, income elasticity of health, Europe.Classification-JEL: D30, D31, I10, I12. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325300
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The Effect of Growth and Inequality in Incomes on Health Inequality: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the European Panel
Ourti, Tom Van; Doorslaer, Eddy Van; Koolman, Xander - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
Europe aims at combining income growth with improvements in social cohesion as measured by income and health … growth and the income responsiveness of health. We investigate whether these conditions held in Europe in the nineties using ….Keywords:income inequality, health inequality, income elasticity of health, Europe.Classification-JEL: D30, D31, I10, I12. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257624
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Health and income across the life cycle and generations in Europe
Van Kippersluis, Hans; Van Ourti, Tom; O'Donnell, Owen; … - 2008
older generations indicating that Europe has experienced a reduction in overall health inequality over time. Although there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374430
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Measurement of health, the sensitivity of the concentration index, and reporting heterogeneity
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009
Using representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for 2006, we show that the magnitude of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure. The highest degree of inequality is found when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271112
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Health and Income across the Life Cycle and Generations in Europe
van Kippersluis, Hans; van Ourti, Tom; O'Donnell, Owen; … - 2008
older generations indicating that Europe has experienced a reduction in overall health inequality over time. Although there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325792
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Why a positive link between age and income-related health inequality?
Nordin, Martin; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2010
This study uses Swedish data to analyze why the SES-health gradient increases with ageing. Since different measures of SES and health capture different aspects, we use this information to explore the age increase in health inequality and to discriminate between three types of explanations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208557
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Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in drug utilization for Sweden 2005-2006: Evidence from linked survey and register data
Nordin, Martin; Dackehag, Margareta; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2011
This study uses the Swedish register of prescribed drugs, merged with the Survey of Living Conditions (the ULF), to analyze the socioeconomic gradient in drug utilization. It finds a significant education gradient (but no income gradient) in individual drug utilization. Whereas the education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208582
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Measurement of Health, the Sensitivity of the Concentration Index, and Reporting Heterogeneity
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009
Using representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for 2006, we show that the magnitude of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure. The highest degree of inequality is found when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600855
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Measurement of Health, the Sensitivity of the Concentration Index, and Reporting Heterogeneity
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Using representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for 2006, we show that the magnitude of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure. The highest degree of inequality is found when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069013