Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 214: Longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequality

Paul Allanson; Ulf-G. Gerdtham; Dennis Petrie

Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 214: Longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequality

Paul Allanson
, Ulf-G. Gerdtham
, Dennis Petrie

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Abstract

This paper considers the characterisation and measurement of income-related health inequality using longitudinal data. The paper elucidates the nature of the Jones and Lopez Nicholas (2004) index of “health-related income mobility” and explains the negative values of the index that have been reported in all the empirical applications to date. The paper further questions the value of their index to health policymakers and proposes an alternative index of “income-related health mobility” that measures whether the pattern of health changes is biased in favour of those with initially high or low incomes. We illustrate our work by investigating mobility in the General Health Questionnaire measure of psychological well-being over the first nine waves of the British Household Panel Survey from 1991 to 1999.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Dundee
Publication status	Published - 2008

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Name	Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics
Publisher	University of Dundee
No.	214
ISSN (Print)	1473-236X

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Income-related health inequality
Mobility analysis
Longitudinal data

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Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 214: Longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequality

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