Journal
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 685-694Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.04.004
Keywords
Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality; Concentration index
Funding
- National Institute on Ageing [R01 AG037398-01]
- NETSPAR
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The tools to be used and other choices to be made when measuring socioeconomic inequalities with rank-dependent inequality indices have recently been debated in this journal. This paper adds to this debate by stressing the importance of the measurement scale, by providing formal proofs of several issues in the debate, and by lifting the curtain on the confusing debate between adherents of absolute versus relative health differences. We end this paper with a 'matrix' that provides guidelines on the usefulness of several rank-dependent inequality indices under varying circumstances. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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