INEQUALITIES OF OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH AMONG THE ELDERLIES: WHICH DIFFERENCES ACROSS GENDER?

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作者：
Bigorne, Alexia [1 ]
Boggian, Luigi [1 ,2 ]
Tubeuf, Sandy [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Catholic Univ Louvain, Inst Rech Sante & Soc, Brussels, Belgium
[2] Catholic Univ Louvain, Inst Rech Econ & Sociales, Brussels, Belgium
来源：
REVUE ECONOMIQUE | 2023年 / 74卷 / 03期
关键词：
circumstances; decomposition; Europe; sex; health; inequality of opportunity; SELF-RATED HEALTH; REPORTING HETEROGENEITY; ASSESSED HEALTH; SEX-DIFFERENCES; EQUALITY; MORTALITY;
D O I：
10.3917/reco.743.0373
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
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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页数：25
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