Health inequalities in the European Union: an empirical analysis of the dynamics of regional differences

Mostra el registre complet Registre parcial de l'ítem

• dc.contributor.author Maynou Pujolràs, Laia
• dc.contributor.author Saez, Marc
• dc.contributor.author Bacaria, Jordi
• dc.contributor.author López i Casasnovas, Guillem
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-02-15T12:12:00Z
• dc.date.available 2021-02-15T12:12:00Z
• dc.date.issued 2015
• dc.description.abstract In a panel setting, we analyse the speed of (beta) convergence of (cause-specific) mortality and life expectancy at birth in EU countries between 1995 and 2009. Our contribution is threefold. First, in contrast to earlier literature, we allow the convergence rate to vary, and thereby uncover significant differences in the speed of convergence across time and regions. Second, we control for spatial correlations across regions. Third, we estimate convergence among regions, rather than countries, and thereby highlight noteworthy variations within a country. Although we find (beta) convergence on average, we also identify significant differences in the catching-up process across both time and regions. Moreover, we use the coefficient of variation to measure the dynamics of dispersion levels of mortality and life expectancy (sigma convergence) and, surprisingly, find no reduction, on average, in dispersion levels. Consequently, if the reduction of dispersion is the ultimate measure of convergence, then, to the best of our knowledge, our study is the first that shows a lack of convergence in health across EU regions.en
• dc.description.sponsorship This work was partly funded by the Short Term Grant Abroad for PhD European, CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Spain, benefiting Laia Maynou, who is also a beneficiary of the Grant for Universities and Research Centres for the Recruitment of New Research Personnel (FI-DGR 2012), AGAUR, Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya).
• dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
• dc.identifier.citation Maynou L, Saez M, Bacaria J, López-Casasnovas G. Health inequalities in the European Union: an empirical analysis of the dynamics of regional differences. Eur J Health Econ. 2015;16(5):543-59. DOI: 10.1007/s10198-014-0609-1
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-014-0609-1
• dc.identifier.issn 1618-7598
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/46480
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Springer
• dc.relation.ispartof The European Journal of Health Economics. 2015;16(5):543-59.
• dc.relation.ispartof Health convergenceen
• dc.relation.ispartof Beta convergenceen
• dc.relation.ispartof Sigma convergenceen
• dc.relation.ispartof Catching-upen
• dc.relation.ispartof Spatiotemporal modellingen
• dc.relation.ispartof Bayesian modelsen
• dc.relation.ispartof Integrated nested Laplace approximationen
• dc.rights © Springer The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-014-0609-1
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.title Health inequalities in the European Union: an empirical analysis of the dynamics of regional differences
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion