Abstract
This paper, following earlier work on the measurement of inequality when only ordinal information is available, proposes an axiomatic derivation of a new class of inequality-sensitive and additive achievement measures. Use is then made of these indices to study health achievement in Europe, using information on self-assessed health in 30 countries, based on the European Health Interview Survey (wave 2).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 267-286 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Review of Income and Wealth |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jun 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- European Health Interview Survey
- axiomatic approach
- health achievement
- inequality sensitive achievement
- ordinal information