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The Relationship Between Low Birthweight and Socioeconomic Status in Ireland
Madden, David - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2012
inequality appears to be less important for the case of preterm births, while fathers education and local environmental …
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On the Concept of Equity in Opportunity
Son, Hyun H. - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2011
Measuring the equity of opportunity in a given society is an essential ingredient in the formulation of policies and programs that promote inclusive growth. In this paper, equity of opportunity is defined and measured through the theoretical framework of the social opportunity function, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291917
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The Income Body Weight Gradients in the Developing Economy of China
Tafreschi, Darjusch - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2011
Though existing theories predict the income gradient of individual body weight to change sign from positive to negative in process of economic development, empirical evidence is scarce. This paper adds to the literature on that topic by investigating the case of China using data from the China...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321857
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Socioeconomic gradients in self-rated health: a developing country case study of Enugu State, Nigeria
Ichoku, H. Eme; Fonta, William; Thiede, Michael - In: Economic Change and Restructuring 44 (2011) 3, pp. 179-202
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326718
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Explaining the Health Equality Paradox of the Welfare State
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Grünfeld, Leo A.; Kverndokk, Snorre - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2011
that stratified societies may have lower health inequality than egalitarian societies, everything else equal, if class is … concentration index of health transfers, this tradeoff may not be shown by such inequality measures. A higher social health … inequality as found in empirical studies, may therefore just be a sign of a more equal income distribution. <p> <p> …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351499
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Parental Income and Smoking Participation in Adolescents: Implications of misclassification error in empirical studies of adolescent smoking participation
Edoka, I. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2011
-related inequality in smoking (the concentration index) is also underestimated when misclassification errors vary across income quintiles. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364543
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Some problems with international comparisons of health spending – and a suggestion about how to quantify the size of the problems
Melberg, Hans Olav - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2011
This paper investigates the extent to which conclusions from international comparison of health spending depend on different adjustment methods. The analysis shows, first, that health spending figures differ significantly because of different accounting standards. More specifically, spending on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367412
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A New Approach to Decomposition of a Bivariate Rank Dependent Index Using Recentered Influence Function Regression
Heckley, Gawain A.; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Kjellsson, Gustav - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2014
-related health inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227851
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Socioeconomic inequalities of child malnutrition in Bangladesh
Pulok, Mohammad Habibullah; Sabah, Md Nasim-Us Sabah; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
well as how these determinants account for socioeconomic inequality in child malnutrition during the period of 2007-2011 in …. Wealth status accounted for about 52% of socioeconomic inequality in 2007 whereas it was about 58% in 2011. Conclusions …: Absolute level of child malnutrition decreased from 2007 to 2011 but socioeconomic inequality increased during this period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011234831
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Regression-based decompositions of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health
ERREYGERS, Guido; KESSELS, Roselinde - Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, … - 2013
In this paper we explore di erent ways to obtain decompositions of rank-dependent indices of socioeconomic inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839900