policy analysis. We also bring to the data a recently proposed approach to measuring self-reported health inequality that … methods for making health inequality comparisons. Findings suggest significant differences in health inequality measurement …Much of the theoretical literature on inequality assumes that the equalisand is a cardinal variable like income or …

examine self-assessed health inequality using the sample of world countries contained in the World Health Survey. We also …. Our findings indicate major heterogeneity in health inequality estimates depending on the status approach, distributional …The measurement of health inequalities usually involves either estimating the concentration of health outcomes using an …

We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large … inequality trends throughout the period covering the public health insurance coverage expansions in the two countries. We find …-sensitivity parameter used; however, the regional pattern of SAH inequality is clearly associated with health-insurance coverage expansions …

Although measures of sensitivity to inequality are important in judging the welfare effects of health-care programmes … overview of the literature on the measurement of inequality aversion, examines some of the features specific of the health … find evidence that individuals exhibit a preference for more equitable health distribution, but inequality aversion …

An individual’s inequality aversion (IA) is a central preference parameter that captures the welfare sacrifice from … exposure to inequality. However, it is far from trivial how to best elicit IA estimates. Also, little is known about the … behavioural determinants of IA and how they differ across domains such as income and health. Using representative surveys from …

Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences …. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences …, although during the last two decades, the use of lab experiments has accelerated. Nonetheless, there remains considerable …

We study the determinants of individual aversion to health and income inequality in three European countries and the … population in each country. Comparing levels of health- and income-inequality aversion in the UK between the years 2016 and 2020 … we find a significant increase in inequality aversion in both income and health domains. Inequality aversion is higher in …