Income inequality and self-rated health status: Evidence from the European Community Household Panel

Vincent Hildebrand and Philippe Van Kerm

No 2005-01, IRISS Working Paper Series from IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD

Abstract: We examine the e¤ect of income inequality on individual self-rated health status in a pooled sample of 10 member states of the European Union using longitudinal data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) survey. Taking advantage of the longitudinal and cross- national nature of our data, and carefully modelling the self-reported health information, we avoid several of the pitfalls su¤ered by earlier studies on this topic. We calculate income inequality indices measured at two stan- dard levels of geography (NUTS-0 and NUTS-1) and .nd consistent evi- dence that income inequality is negatively related to self-rated health status in the European Union for both men and women. However, despite its sta- tistical signi.cance, the magnitude of the impact of inequality on health is small.

Keywords: inequality; self-rated; community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 2005-01
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Journal Article: Income inequality and self-rated health status: Evidence from the european community household panel (2009)
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