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Measuring socioeconomic inequality in health, health care and health financing by means of rank-dependent indices : a recipe for good practice
Erreygers, Guido; Van Ourti, Tom - 2010
The tools to be used and other choices to be made when measuring socioeconomic inequalities with rank-dependent inequality indices have recently been debated in this journal. This paper adds to this debate by stressing the importance of the measurement scale, by providing formal proofs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381032
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Measuring socioeconomic inequality in obesity : looking beyond the obesity threshold
Bilger, Marcel; Kruger, Eliza J.; Finkelstein, Eric - In: Health economics 26 (2017) 8, pp. 1052-1066
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816031
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Health, income, and measures of inequality : why inequality may decline when all inequality measures indicate the opposite
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Kverndokk, Snorre - 2024
We study how measures of socioeconomic health inequality inform about welfare inequality. We argue that transfers of either income or health from a better off to a worse off individual should reduce welfare inequality. Lacking an objective measure of individual welfare, we suggest that such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015057694
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Socio-economic inequalities in tobacco consumption of the older adults in China : a decomposition method
Si, Yafei; Zhou, Zhongliang; Su, Min; Wang, Xiao; Li, Dan; … - 2018
its decomposition, socio-economic inequalities of tobacco consumption grouped by gender were estimated. The concentration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011892588
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Carbon inequality in China : evidence from city-level data
Wu, Shimei; Chen, Zhanming - In: China economic review : an international journal 78 (2023), pp. 1-17
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Income-related inequity in the use of GP services by children : a comparison of Ireland and Scotland
Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 16 (2015) 5, pp. 489-506
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299232
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What factors drive inequalities in carbon tax incidence? : decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in carbon tax incidence in Ireland
Farrell, Niall - 2015
spectrum is quantified using the concentration index methodology. A subsequent multivariate decomposition quantifies the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386691
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Income-related inequity in the use of GP services : a comparison of Ireland and Scotland
Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne - 2013
-data on Irish and Scottish children, we find that the distribution of GP care in Ireland favours those on lower incomes (i …. Focusing just on children who pay for GP care in Ireland, we find some evidence for a significant 'pro-rich' distribution of GP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737610
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What factors drive inequalities in carbon tax incidence? : decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in carbon tax incidence in Ireland
Farrell, Niall - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 142 (2017), pp. 31-45
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820969
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A short note on economic development and socioeconomic inequality in female body weight
Deuchert, Eva; Cabus, Sofie; Tafreschi, Darjusch - In: Health economics 23 (2014) 7, pp. 861-869
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011306445