An over time analysis on the mechanisms behind the education–health gradients in China

Hai Zhong ()

China Economic Review, 2015, vol. 34, issue C, 135-149

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the over time changes in the relationship between education and health in the past two decades in China. We do not find a clear education–health gradient in the early 1990s. However, the education–health gradient emerges and steadily grows. We test a number of different theories that may explain the observed trend. We show that the mechanisms behind the education–health gradient in developing countries might be different from those in developed countries, and heterogeneous across health measures, both of which may have some important policy implications.

Keywords: Education; Health inequality; Education–health gradient; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I20 J11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2015.04.003

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