Publication
Oct 2011
This paper argues that previous cross-country (panel) studies on the relationship between income inequality and health suffer from significant biases due to (i) omitted country-specific factors, (ii) endogeneity, and (iii) cross-country heterogeneity in the impact of inequality on health. The authors find that income inequality has, on average, a small, but robust and statistically significant positive impact on population health. Also, there is some evidence that inequality is endogenous in the sense that poor health leads to increased income inequality. Finally, they find that there are large cross-country differences in the effect of income inequality on health.
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Author | Dierk Herzer, Peter Nunnenkamp |
Issue | 1736 |
Publisher | Kiel Institute for the World Economy |
Copyright | © 2011 Kiel Institute for the World Economy |