Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/226128 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers No. 090
Publisher: 
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna
Abstract: 
Significant deterioration in health and income inequality in Ukraine as well as in other CIS countries during the early transition motivated us to investigate the relationship between the two categories. Based on both macro- and micro-data analysis we focused on how different aspects of health affect income inequality in Ukraine. Significant impact of health has been proven on both micro- and macro levels. According to macrolevel results, a 1% increase in life expectancy leads to a 2,1% decrease in income inequality as measured by index Gini. Micro-level research also evidenced significance of different health aspects for income inequality.
Subjects: 
Income inequality
health
Ukraine
Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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