-related miscarriage. Building on the specific features of the French Health insurance system, this paper shows that variation in the … test. By contrast, the sole fact of being labelled 'high-risk' by the Health system seems to have, as such, only a modest …

and its consequences on future health status, from a longitu- dinal dataset: the French Heath, Health care and Insurance … Survey (Enquête Santé Protection Sociale). We first show that living standards, access to complementary health insurance and … then show that self-assessed unmet needs have a detrimental causal effect on future health status, suggesting that …

health status four years later using ESPS data, a French general population survey on health, health care and insurance …. Financial hurdles in accessing care as assessed by SUN are principally explained by lack of complementary health insurance … shows that difficulties in accessing care contribute to health inequalities. …

This paper analyses the impact of health, pension systems and longevity on savings. It uses a simple life-cycle model … embodying social transfers (health care and pension expenditures) and changes in longevity to determine the level of household … of view of incentive to save, health transfers have a similar impact as pension replacement rates. Therefore, welfare …

Using data from the French Health, Health Care and Insurance survey, this study analyses health inequalies related to … migration. The findings suggest health disparities between migrant population and French population, particularly stressed for … second one. Those inequalities are also more important in women than in men. The poor health status of male migrants is …

Health Inequalities Related to Immigration and Social Capital: A Decomposition Analysis This article explores the … contribution of social capital to health disparities between French born and migrant populations, based on the 2006 and 2008 French … Health, Health Care and Insurance Survey. The use of Fairlie’s decomposition method shows that 38,7% of health disparities …

Using the data of the 2002-2003 INSEE decennial health survey, this article aims to analyse the links between … nationality, migration and health status in France. The findings show health inequalities related to immigration in favor of the … of health status among immigrants. …

This paper aims to quantify and compare inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries considering two … stand for almost 50% of the health inequality due to circumstances and efforts in Barry scenario and 57.5% in Roemer … scenario. The comparison of the magnitude of inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries shows considerable …

Whereas health equity issues are undoubtedly more relevant in developing countries, research on health inequalities and …, more specifically, on inequality of opportunity in the health dimension, remains scarce in this context. This paper … explores the degree of inequality of opportunity in health in a developing country, using the 2007 Indonesian Family Life …