Causes of Inequality in Health : Who Are You? Where You Live? Or Who Your Parents Were?
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https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9
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Policy Research Working Papers
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dc.contributor.author |
Wagstaff, Adam
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Paci, Pierella
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dc.contributor.author |
Joshi, Heather
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-08-19T17:56:14Z
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dc.date.available |
2014-08-19T17:56:14Z
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dc.date.issued |
2001-11
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2021-04-23T14:03:43Z
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dc.description.abstract |
Data from the British National Child
Development Study show that, among 33-year-olds, ill health
(as measured by cardinalized responses to a question on
self-assessed health) is concentrated among the worse off.
The authors seek to decompose the inequalities in health
status into their socioeconomic causes. In this
decomposition, inequalities in health status depend on
inequalities in each of the underlying determinants of
health and on the elasticities of health status with respect
to each of these determinants. The authors estimate these
elasticities using regression models that allow for
unobserved heterogeneity at the community level. They find
that inequalities in unobserved community-level influences
account for only 6 percent of health inequality, and
inequalities in parental education and social class for only
4 percent. Inequalities in income and housing tenure account
for most health inequality, though inequalities in
educational attainment and in math scores at age seven also
play a part.
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1631786/causes-inequality-health-live-or-your-parents
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19434
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dc.language |
English
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dc.language.iso |
en_US
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dc.publisher |
World Bank, Washington, DC
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2713
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dc.rights |
CC BY 3.0 IGO
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
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dc.subject |
ADULTHOOD
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dc.subject |
ALCOHOL
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dc.subject |
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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dc.subject |
CHILDHOOD
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dc.subject |
CLIMATE
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dc.subject |
COMMUNITIES
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dc.subject |
COMPARATIVE STUDIES
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dc.subject |
CRIME
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dc.subject |
DIET
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dc.subject |
ECONOMICS
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dc.subject |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
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dc.subject |
EQUALITY
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dc.subject |
FATHERS
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dc.subject |
FEMALES
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dc.subject |
GENDER
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dc.subject |
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
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dc.subject |
HEALTH OUTCOMES
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dc.subject |
HEALTH SERVICES
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dc.subject |
HOME OWNERS
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dc.subject |
HOME OWNERSHIP
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dc.subject |
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
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dc.subject |
HOUSEHOLDS
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dc.subject |
HOUSING
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dc.subject |
INCOMES
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dc.subject |
INFANT MORTALITY
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dc.subject |
LAUNDRY
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dc.subject |
MORTALITY
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dc.subject |
NURSING
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dc.subject |
NUTRITION
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dc.subject |
PARENTS
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dc.subject |
POLICY DOCUMENTS
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dc.subject |
POLLUTION
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dc.subject |
PUBLIC SERVICES
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dc.subject |
ROADS
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dc.subject |
SMOKING
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dc.subject |
TENANCY HEALTH SURVEYS
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dc.subject |
SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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dc.subject |
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
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dc.subject |
SELF ASSESSMENT
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dc.subject |
ELASTICITY (ECONOMIC)
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dc.subject |
INEQUITY
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dc.subject |
DECOMPOSITION METHOD
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dc.subject |
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
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dc.subject |
PARENTS
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dc.subject |
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
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dc.subject |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
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dc.subject |
DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
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dc.subject |
HEALTH SURVEYS
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dc.subject |
TENANCY
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dc.title |
Causes of Inequality in Health : Who Are You? Where You Live? Or Who Your Parents Were?
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea |
Gender
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okr.date.disclosure |
2001-11-30
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okr.doctype |
Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.doctype |
Publications & Research
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okr.docurl |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1631786/causes-inequality-health-live-or-your-parents
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okr.globalpractice |
Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
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okr.globalpractice |
Health, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.googlescholar.linkpresent |
yes
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okr.identifier.doi |
10.1596/1813-9450-2713
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum |
000094946_01113004020845
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum |
1631786
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okr.identifier.report |
WPS2713
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okr.language.supported |
en
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2001/12/17/000094946_01113004020845/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdf
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okr.region.administrative |
Europe and Central Asia
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okr.region.country |
United Kingdom
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okr.sector |
Public Administration, Law, and Justice :: Public administration- Health
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okr.sector |
Finance :: Non-compulsory health finance
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okr.sector |
Health and other social services :: Health
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okr.theme |
Public sector governance :: Other accountability/anti-corruption
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okr.theme |
Public sector governance :: Other public sector governance
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okr.theme |
Human development :: Health system performance
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okr.topic |
Health Monitoring and Evaluation
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okr.topic |
Rural Development :: Regional Rural Development
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okr.topic |
Health Systems Development and Reform
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okr.topic |
Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
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okr.topic |
Housing and Human Habitats
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okr.topic |
Disease Control and Prevention
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okr.topic |
Health, Nutrition and Population :: Public Health Promotion
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okr.topic |
Early Child and Children's Health
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okr.topic |
Gender :: Gender and Health
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okr.unit |
Public Services for Human Development, Development Research Group; and the Office of the Vice President, Human Development Netwwork
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okr.volume |
1
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