Sources of health inequality for Irish women

David Madden ()

No 200226, Working Papers from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper calculates the concentration index for self-assessed health for a sample of Irish women. It then decomposes the index to investigate the sources of this inequality using both a health production function and reduced form approach. Using the health production function approach it finds that age, employment status and exercise regime make the greatest contribution to income-related inequality in health outcomes. Using the reduced form approach it finds the greatest contribution to be made by age and education.

Keywords: Inequality; Concentration index; Decomposition; Health production; Women--Health and hygiene; Health status indicators; Medical economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-10
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