Testing the Relationship between Income Inequality and Life Expectancy in Selected Countries with Neutralizing Statistical Artifact

Autor:	Abolghasem Mahdavi Mazdeh, Mohammad Hossein Memarian, Mostafa Mohebi Majd
Jazyk:	perština
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	life expectancy income inequality the statistical artifact panel data Business HF5001-6182 Capital. Capital investments HD39-40.7
Zdroj:	فصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران, Vol 21, Iss 67, Pp 1-24 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1726-0728 2476-6445
DOI:	10.22054/ijer.2016.7234
Popis:	There have been many conflicting studies on income inequality and life expectancy in the past four decades. It seems that many of these studies are affected by a statistical artifact which could lead to measurement error. In this paper, after correcting the statistical artifact, we examine the relationship between Gini coefficient (as an index for income inequality) and life expectancy (as an index for public health). To this end, this study uses panel data with random effects for 19 countries (including Iran) over the period 2004 -2012. After correcting the statistical artifact, the results did not suggest any particular association between income inequality and life expectancy.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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