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Online-Ressource (XXIV, 507 p)
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graph. Darst.
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1. ed.
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Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781781905548
Series Statement:
Research on economic inequality v. 21
Content:
This volume contains methodological and empirical research on the measurement and causes of health inequality from leading experts in health economics and economic inequality. It is essential reading for researchers working on health inequality and provides an immediate reconnaissance of the frontiers for those entering this exciting field
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Description based upon print version of record
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Enth. 19 Beitr
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FRONT COVER; HEALTH AND INEQUALITY; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH INEQUALITY; LOST IN TRANSLATION: RETHINKING THE INEQUALITY EQUIVALENCE CRITERIA FOR BOUNDED HEALTH VARIABLES; INTRODUCTION; RETHINKING THE IECS FOR A BOUNDED VARIABLE; INEQUALITY EQUIVALENCE CRITERIA FOR BOUNDED VARIABLES; A SURPLUS-SHARING APPROACH; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; MEASURING THE INEQUALITY OF BOUNDED DISTRIBUTIONS: A JOINT ANALYSIS OF ATTAINMENTS AND SHORTFALLS; INTRODUCTION; NOTATION AND BASIC DEFINITIONS
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THE ATTAINMENT AND THE SHORTFALL JOINT DISTRIBUTIONMEASURING INEQUALITY OF THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION; SOME EXAMPLES; RANKING THE JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; MEASURING HEALTH INEQUALITY WITH CATEGORICAL DATA: SOME REGIONAL PATTERNS; INTRODUCTION; APPROACHES TO INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT WITH ORDINAL DATA; DATA AND METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; INEQUALITY AND BI-POLARIZATION IN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND HEALTH: ORDINAL APPROACHES; INTRODUCTION; PREVIOUS LITERATURE; PRELIMINARIES
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A FIRST APPROACH TO MEASURING INEQUALITY AND BI-POLARIZATION IN INCOME AND HEALTH: DEFINING CONDITIONAL INDICESA SECOND APPROACH TO MEASURING INEQUALITY AND BI-POLARIZATION IN INCOME AND HEALTH: OVERALL INDICES; EMPIRICAL ILLUSTRATION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: NUMERICAL EXAMPLE FOR THE FIRST APPROACH TO INEQUALITY/BI-POLARIZATION; APPENDIX B: METHOD TO COMPUTE THE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ON THE MEASUREMENT OF THE (MULTIDIMENSIONAL) INEQUALITY OF HEALTH DISTRIBUTIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE PRELIMINARIES; INDICES OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH INEQUALITY
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FURTHER INSIGHTSDISCUSSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: PROOFS OF THE THEOREMS; EQUITY IN HEALTH AND EQUIVALENT INCOMES; INTRODUCTION; VALUE JUDGMENTS UNDERLYING THE CONCENTRATION INDEX; THE EQUIVALENT INCOME AS A MEASURE OF INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING; THE MEASUREMENT OF EQUIVALENT INCOMES THROUGH CONTINGENT VALUATION; COMPARING THE CONCENTRATION INDEX OF HEALTH AND THE INEQUALITY IN EQUIVALENT INCOMES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; REFERENCE VALUE SENSITIVITY OF MEASURES OF UNFAIR HEALTH INEQUALITY; INTRODUCTION
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REFERENCE VALUES IN THE THEORY OF FAIR ALLOCATION AND IN THE STANDARDIZED CONCENTRATION INDEXREFERENCE-VALUE-CONSISTENT INEQUALITY COMPARISONS; EMPIRICAL ILLUSTRATION; CHOOSING THE REFERENCE VALUE WHEN IT INFLUENCES INEQUALITY COMPARISONS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; ACCOUNTING FOR POPULATION CHANGE IN THE LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF INCOME-RELATED HEALTH INEQUALITIES; INTRODUCTION; METHODS TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES IN IRHI USING LONGITUDINAL DATA; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES
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REGRESSION-BASED DECOMPOSITIONS OF RANK-DEPENDENT INDICATORS OF SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY OF HEALTH
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781781905531
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Health and inequality Bingley [u.a.] : Emerald, 2013 ISBN 9781781905531
Language:
English
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