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Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India

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  • Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg
  • Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar

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We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 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.

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  • Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg & Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar, 2012. "Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 115(2), pages 252-255.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:115:y:2012:i:2:p:252-255
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.033
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    Keywords

    Development economics; Poverty; Health; Inequality; India;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E29 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Other
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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