Geographic decomposition of inequality in health and wealth: evidence from Cambodia

Tomoki Fujii

The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2013, vol. 11, issue 3, 373-392

Abstract: Applying the small-area estimation methods to Cambodia data, we decompose the total inequality in wealth (consumption) and health (child undernutrition) indicators into within-location and between-location components. Because the knowledge of the pattern of spatial disparity in poverty and undernutrition is important for the geographic targeting of resources, we conduct a geographic decomposition of the variance of the Foster-Greere-Thorbecke index in addition to the standard decomposition exercise based on the generalized entropy measures. We find that a sizable proportion of wealth inequality is due to between-location inequality, whereas health inequality is mainly due to within-location inequality. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2013

Keywords: Small-area estimation; Health inequality; Cambodia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Working Paper: Geographic Decomposition of Inequality in Health and Wealth: Evidence from Cambodia (2007)
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