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Regression-based decompositions of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health
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Abstract
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| In this paper we explore dierent ways to obtain decompositions of rank-dependent indices of socioeconomic inequality of health, such as the Concentration Index. Our focus is on the regression-based type of decomposition. Depending on whether the regression explains the health variable, or the socioeconomic variable, or both, a dierent decomposition formula is generated. We illustrate the dierences using data from the Ethiopia 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Acknowledgements: We thank Tom Van Ourti and Philip Clarke for discussions related to decomposition analysis, and Ellen Van de Poel for assistance with regard to the Ethiopian data. We are also grateful to seminar participants at the Centre of Health Economics Research (COHERE) of the University of Southern Denmark, and the Department of Economics of the University of Antwerp. |
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English
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Research paper / University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics ; 2013:007
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Antwerp
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UA
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2013
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37 p.
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Full text (open access)
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