Allowing for heterogeneity in the decomposition of measures of inequality in health

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-365

  Jones, Andrew M ^a   López Nicolás, Ángel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decomposition analysis; Health inequalities; Heterogeneity; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750179167     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-005-9019-z     Document Type: Article

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