Rising inequalities in income and health in China: Who is left behind?
Rising inequalities in income and health in China: Who is left behind?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.10.002
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
van Doorslaer, Eddy
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作者：
Baeten, Steef;Van Ourti, Tom;van Doorslaer, Eddy
近几十年来，中国经历了两位数的经济增长率和日益严重的不平等。本文利用中国健康与营养调查（1991-2006）的数据，对收入水平、收入分配和收入流动性的变化与贫富健康差距的关系进行了新的分解。我们发现，中国的健康差距与收入不平等的加剧有关，特别是与老年男性的不良健康和收入经历有关，但与过去几十年平均收入的增长率无关。这些发现表明，老年人的替代收入和养老金可能是减少中国富人和穷人之间健康差距的最重要的政策杠杆之一。(C)2013爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
In recent decades, China has experienced double-digit economic growth rates and rising inequality. This paper implements a new decomposition approach using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991-2006) to examine the extent to which changes in level and distribution of incomes and in income mobility are related to health disparities between rich and poor. We find that health disparities in China relate to rising income inequality and in particular to the adverse health and income experience of older (wo)men, but not to the growth rate of average incomes over the last decades. These findings suggest that replacement incomes and pensions at older ages may be one of the most important policy levers for reducing health disparities between rich and poor Chinese. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.