Abstract:
:The causal association between absolute income and health is well-established; however, the relationship between income inequality and health is not. The conclusions from the received studies vary across the region or country studied and/or the methodology employed. Using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia panel survey, this paper investigates the relationship between mental health and inequality in Australia. A variety of income inequality indices are calculated to test both the income inequality and relative deprivation hypotheses. We find that mental health is only adversely affected by the presence of relative deprivation to a very small degree. In addition, we do not find support for the income inequality hypothesis. Importantly, our results are robust to a number of sensitivity analyses.
journal_name
Health Econjournal_title
Health economicsauthors
Bechtel L,Lordan G,Rao DSdoi
10.1002/hec.2814subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-06-01 00:00:00pages
4-17eissn
1057-9230issn
1099-1050journal_volume
21 Suppl 1pub_type
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