Inequality of Opportunities in Health in Europe: Why So Much Difference Across Countries?
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Keywords
Europe; equality of opportunity; inequality in health; intergenerational transmission; older adults; Gini index;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2011-01-03 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-EUR-2011-01-03 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HEA-2011-01-03 (Health Economics)
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