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Circumstances and Efforts: How important is their correlation for the measurement of inequality of opportunity in health?

Jusot, Florence; Tubeuf, Sandy; Trannoy, Alain (2013), Circumstances and Efforts: How important is their correlation for the measurement of inequality of opportunity in health?, Health Economics, 22, 12, p. 1470-1495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.2896

Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2013
Journal name
Health Economics
Volume
22
Number
12
Publisher
Wiley
Pages
1470-1495
Publication identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.2896
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Author(s)
Jusot, Florence
Tubeuf, Sandy
Trannoy, Alain
Abstract (EN)
The way to treat the correlation between circumstances and effort is a central, yet largely neglected issue in the applied literature on inequality of opportunity. This paper adopts three alternative normative ways of treating this correlation championed by Roemer, Barry and Swift and assesses their empirical relevance using survey data. We combine regression analysis with the natural decomposition of the variance to compare the relative contributions of circumstances and efforts to overall health inequality according to the different normative principles. Our results suggest that, in practice, the normative principle on the way to treat the correlation between circumstances and effort makes little difference on the relative contributions of circumstances and efforts to explained health inequality.
Subjects / Keywords
effort; circumstances; equality of opportunity; inequality decomposition; variance decomposition; health
JEL
I12 - Health Behavior
D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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