Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India

Lena Sperling () and Anders Oskar Kjøller-Hansen

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 2, 252-255

Abstract: We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 2007) in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health measure.

Keywords: Development economics; Poverty; Health; Inequality; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E29 I15 I32 O11 O15 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.033

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