NDLI: Income and Health Satisfaction: Evidence from Rural Pakistan

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Author	Shams, Khadija
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	This paper addresses key aspects of health inequality. We analyse in particular to what extent income determines household-specific health outcomes in rural Pakistan using our survey data. Controlling for various socio-economic characteristics, we investigate validity of the three income-health hypotheses: the Absolute Income Hypothesis, the Relative Income Hypothesis and the Income Inequality Hypothesis (IIH). Whilst these hypotheses crucially differ in their exact substance, broadly speaking, those refer to the idea that a household’s health status might be linked to the existing socio-economic environment. Households with a more favourable income position (either in absolute, relative or distributional terms) might enjoy a better health status. We employ a general empirical specification that nests different health functions as special cases. This permits testing the income-health hypotheses separately and jointly. We find that in rural Pakistan both the relative income (with respect to the relevant community) and absolute income are major determinants of health. This is in contrast to results typically reported for developed countries, where in particular the household’s absolute income position appears to matter. The study provides important insights into the causes of health inequalities. For instance, higher income improves health directly because of higher social support and other psychosocial reasons. However, we failed to confirm IIH on pure statistical grounds.
Starting Page	1455
Ending Page	1474
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13894978
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15737780
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-08-19
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Health measurement Health inequality Health services Socio-economic indicators Rural Pakistan Quality of Life Research Personality and Social Psychology Economics Philosophy Positive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences

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