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Inégalité des chances en santé chez les séniors : quelles différences selon le genre ?

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  • Alexia Bigorne
  • Luigi Boggian
  • Sandy Tubeuf

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Are inequalities of opportunities in health, which are inequalities related to social and family background, similar for men and women? Using European data and reduced form models, we measure and decompose health inequalities separately for women and men. We find that half of the total health inequality is due to inequalities of opportunities. Health inequalities are more pronounced in countries where gender inequalities are the highest. Health inequalities are higher in women. We show a gendered intergenerational transmission of health: daughters’ health is mainly associated with mothers’ health and sons’ health with fathers’ health. Furthermore, mothers’ education is exclusively associated with daughters’ health, while fathers’ education is associated with sons’ health.

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  • Alexia Bigorne & Luigi Boggian & Sandy Tubeuf, 2023. "Inégalité des chances en santé chez les séniors : quelles différences selon le genre ?," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 74(3), pages 373-397.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:recosp:reco_743_0373
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