Accounting for the Effect of Health on Cross-state Income Inequality in India

Lena Lindbjerg Sperling; Anders Oskar Kjøller-Hansen

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.033

Accounting for the Effect of Health on Cross-state Income Inequality in India

Lena Lindbjerg Sperling, Anders Oskar Kjøller-Hansen

University of Copenhagen

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Abstract

We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil, 2005, Weil, 2007 in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health measure.

Original language	English
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	252–255
ISSN	0165-1765
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.033
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

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