Impact of income inequality and fiscal decentralization on public health: Evidence from China

被引：36
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作者：
Hao, Yu [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Liu, Jiahui [8 ]
Lu, Zhi-Nan [6 ]
Shi, Ruijie [7 ]
Wu, Haitao [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Beijing Inst Technol, Ctr Energy & Environm Policy Res, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[2] Beijing Inst Technol, Sch Management & Econ, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[3] Sustainable Dev Res Inst Econ & Soc Beijing, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[4] Collaborat Innovat Ctr Elect Vehicles Beijing, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[5] Beijing Key Lab Energy Econ & Environm Management, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[6] Chinese Acad Med Sci & Peking Union Med Coll, Fuwai Hosp, State Key Lab Cardiovasc Dis, Thrombosis & Vasc Med Ctr, Beijing 100037, Peoples R China
[7] Shaanxi Prov Peoples Hosp, Dept Clin Lab, Xian 710068, Peoples R China
[8] Tsinghua Univ, Ctr Urbanizat & Ind Dev, Hang Lung Ctr Real Estate, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
来源：
ECONOMIC MODELLING | 2021年 / 94卷
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金; 北京市自然科学基金;
关键词：
Fiscal decentralization; Income inequality; Public health; Simultaneous equation model; China; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; POLITICAL CENTRALIZATION; REGIONAL DISPARITIES; INFANT-MORTALITY; EQUITY; POLLUTION; OUTCOMES; REFORM;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econmod.2020.02.034
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
In this study, the interrelationship between income inequality, fiscal decentralization, and public health is investigated within a comprehensive research framework for the first time. Using the panel data of 23 Chinese provinces for a period between 2002 and 2012, a carefully designed simultaneous equation model is used to control for potential endogeneity. The estimation results indicate that higher income inequality has a significant negative impact on public health performance. Interestingly, fiscal decentralization has negative direct and indirect effects on public health. Therefore, the empirical results suggest that China's provincial governments, which have gained significant fiscal power through increased fiscal decentralization, should take the problem of income inequality more seriously, because fiscal decentralization and income equality may both have the potential to benefit public health.
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页码：934 / 944
页数：11
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