Structural equation modeling for decomposing rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health: an empirical study

Roselinde Kessels () and Guido Erreygers
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Roselinde Kessels: University of Antwerp and Flemish Research Foundation (FWO)

Health Economics Review, 2016, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract We present a flexible structural equation modeling (SEM) framework for the regression-based decomposition of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health and compare it with simple ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. The SEM framework forms the basis for a proper use of the most prominent one- and two-dimensional decompositions and provides an argument for using the bivariate multiple regression model for two-dimensional decomposition. Within the SEM framework, the two-dimensional decomposition integrates the feedback mechanism between health and socioeconomic status and allows for different sets of determinants of these variables. We illustrate the SEM approach and its outperformance of OLS using data from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey.

Keywords: Inequality measurement; Generalized health Concentration Index; Decomposition methods; Structural Equation Modeling; C36; D63; I00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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