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The Concentration Index of a Binary Outcome Revisited

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dc.contributor.authorWagstaff, A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:31:32Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:31:32Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe binary variable is one of the most common types of variables in the analysis of income-related health inequalities. I argue that while the binary variable has some unusual properties, it shares many of the properties of the ratio-scale variable and hence lends itself to both relative and absolute inequality analyses, albeit with some qualifications. I argue that criticisms of the normalization I proposed in an earlier paper, and of the use of the binary variable for inequality analysis, stem from a misrepresentation of the properties of the binary variable, as well as a switch of focus away from relative inequality to absolute inequality. I concede that my normalization is not uncontentious, but, in a way, that has not previously been noted.en
dc.identifier.citationHealth Economics
dc.identifier.issn1099-1050 (Electronic) 1057-9230 (Linking)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5148
dc.language.isoEN
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dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.titleThe Concentration Index of a Binary Outcome Revisiteden
dc.title.alternativeHealth Economicsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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okr.identifier.doi10.1002/hec.1752
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okr.journal.nbpages1155-60
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okr.volume20
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