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Income inequality and self-rated health status: Evidence from the European Community Household Panel

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Hildebrand, Vincent (Department of Economics, Glendon College, York University, Canada and CEPS/INSTEAD, G.-D. Luxembourg)
Van Kerm, Philippe (CEPS/INSTEAD, G.-D. Luxembourg)

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We examine the effect of income inequality on individual self-rated health status in a pooled sample of 10 member states of the European Union using longitudinal data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) survey. Taking advantage of the longitudinal and cross-national nature of our data, and carefully modelling the self-reported health information, we avoid several of the pitfalls suffered by earlier studies on this topic. We calculate income inequality indices measured at two standard levels of geography (NUTS-0 and NUTS-1) and find consistent evidence that income inequality is negatively related to self-rated health status in the European Union for both men and women. However, despite its statistical significance, the magnitude of the impact of inequality on health is small.

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Keywords: Self-rated health; Income inequality ; European Union ; Panel data;

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