Socioeconomic gradient in health: how important is material deprivation?
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UAM. Departamento de Análisis Económico, Teoría Económica e Historia EconómicaPublisher
UAM. Departamento de Análisis Económico, Teoría Económica e Historia EconómicaDate
2012Serie/Num.
Economic Analysis Working Paper Series. 7/2012ISSN
1885-6888Subjects
Material deprivation; Mundlak correction; Random effects model; Self‐assessed health; EconomíaAbstract
In this paper we use the Spanish Living Conditions Survey (2005‐2008) to investigate whether there is a
socioeconomic gradient in health when alternative measures of socioeconomic status, apart from income, are
considered. In particular we construct a material deprivation index that reflects some minimum standards of
quality of life, and we analyze its impact on self‐reported health. To address this issue, we use a deprivation
index that incorporates comparison effects with societal peers and we estimate health equations using a
random effects model. Furthermore, the model is extended to include a Mundlak term that corrects for the
potential correlation between the error term and the regressors. Our results reveal that the relationship
between health and income operates through comparison information with respect to societal peers. In
contrast, material deprivation in terms of financial difficulties, basic necessities and housing conditions exerts a
direct effect on individual health
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Google Scholar:Cottini, Elena
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Blázquez Cuesta, María Teresa
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Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
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