Regression-Based Decompositions of Rank-Dependent Indicators of Socioeconomic Inequality of Health
ISBN: 978-1-78190-553-1, eISBN: 978-1-78190-554-8
Publication date: 30 December 2013
Abstract
In this chapter we explore different 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 different decomposition formula is generated. We illustrate the differences using data from the Ethiopia 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS).
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
The research described in this chapter was carried out while Roselinde Kessels was a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). We thank Tom Van Ourti and Philip Clarke for discussions related to decomposition analysis, Ellen Van de Poel for assistance with regard to the Ethiopian data, and Owen O’Donnell for his detailed and constructive comments which have led to significant additions and improvements to the chapter. 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.
Citation
Erreygers, G. and Kessels, R. (2013), "Regression-Based Decompositions of Rank-Dependent Indicators of Socioeconomic Inequality of Health", Health and Inequality (Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 21), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 227-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021010
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