EFFECT OF INCOME INEQUALITY ON HEALTH STATUS IN A SELECTION OF MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME COUNTRIES

Elnaz Hajebi () and Mohammad Javad Razmi ()
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Elnaz Hajebi: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Mohammad Javad Razmi: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, 2014, vol. 9, issue 4, 133-152

Abstract: The relationship between the public health status and income inequality has been taken into consideration in the last two decades. One of the important questions in this regard is that whether the changes in income inequality will lead to changes in health indicators or not. To answer this question, life expectancy is used as a health indicator and the Gini coefficient is used as an income inequality indicator. In this study, the relationship between income inequality and the public health has been investigated by panel data in Eviews software during 2000–2011 in 65 low-and middle-income countries. By using panel data and considering fixed effects and heterogeneity of sections, the relationship between income inequality and public health status is a significant negative relationship.

Keywords: public health; income inequality; life expectancy; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 I14 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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