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Inequality of Opportunities in Health in France: A First Pass

dc.contributor.authorTrannoy, Alain
dc.contributor.authorTubeuf, Sandy
dc.contributor.authorJusot, Florence
dc.contributor.authorDevaux, Marion
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-15T08:49:50Z
dc.date.available2009-06-15T08:49:50Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttps://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/268
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectFrance
dc.subjectEconomie de la santéen
dc.subjectSeniorsen
dc.subjectInequality in healthen
dc.subjectIntergenerational transmissionen
dc.subject.ddc334en
dc.subject.classificationjelI18en
dc.subject.classificationjelI19en
dc.subject.classificationjelI12en
dc.titleInequality of Opportunities in Health in France: A First Passen
dc.typeArticle accepté pour publication ou publié
dc.contributor.editoruniversityotherOCDE;France
dc.contributor.editoruniversityotherEHESS - GREQAM-IDEP;France
dc.contributor.editoruniversityotherAcademic Unit of Health Economics (Leeds Institute of Health Sciences);Royaume-Uni
dc.description.abstractenThis article analyses the role played by childhood circumstances, especially social and family background in explaining health status among older adults. We explore the hypothesis of an intergenerational transmission of health inequalities using the French part of SHARE. As the impact of both social background and parents’ health on health status in adulthood represents circumstances independent of individual responsibility, this study allows us testing the existence in France of inequalities of opportunity in health related to family and social background. Empirically, our study relies on both tests of stochastic dominance at first order and multivariate regressions, supplemented by a counterfactual analysis to evaluate the long-lasting impact of childhood conditions on inequality in health. Allocating the best circumstances in both parents’ SES and parents’ health reduces inequality in health by an impressive 57% using the Gini coefficient. The mother’s social status has a direct effect on the health of her offspring. By contrast, the effect on the descendant’s health from the father’s social status is indirect only, going through the descendant’s social status as an adult. There is also a strong effect of the father vital status on health in adulthood, revealing a selection effect.en
dc.relation.isversionofjnlnameHealth Economics
dc.relation.isversionofjnlvol19
dc.relation.isversionofjnlissue8
dc.relation.isversionofjnldate2010
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpages921-938
dc.relation.isversionofdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1528
dc.description.sponsorshipprivateouien
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpublisherWiley
dc.subject.ddclabelEconomie socialeen


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