Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach
The European Union is currently facing a serious problem concerning the occurrence of significant health inequalities observed between particular member states as well as within these states. Substantial efforts are being made to achieve an economic and social cohesion and the reduction of health in...
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| author | Renata Jaworska |
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| description | The European Union is currently facing a serious problem concerning the occurrence of significant health inequalities observed between particular member states as well as within these states. Substantial efforts are being made to achieve an economic and social cohesion and the reduction of health inequalities between the EU regions is an important element of this process. This work is devoted to the study of the variations of health status (measured by life expectancy) across the EU regions of NUTS II level. We apply existing tools developed in economic growth literature to study a mortality convergence. Using the idea of unconditional convergence model developed for economic growth, we can confirm a decrease or increase of regional health inequalities. The main research hypothesis is as follows: whether regions with lower initial life expectancies have experienced the largest increases in life expectancies. To verify the hypothesis of beta-convergence we use spatial econometric models which additionally allow to take the geographic dependence among the surveyed regions into consideration. Due to the heterogeneity of the surveyed spatial units we also verify the hypothesis of the club beta-convergence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6fc6097364914b2eb26a793ad0a819e32022-12-21T21:34:45ZengLodz University PressComparative Economic Research1508-20082082-67372014-12-01174718610.2478/cer-2014-00337035Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence ApproachRenata Jaworska0University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Spatial EconometricsThe European Union is currently facing a serious problem concerning the occurrence of significant health inequalities observed between particular member states as well as within these states. Substantial efforts are being made to achieve an economic and social cohesion and the reduction of health inequalities between the EU regions is an important element of this process. This work is devoted to the study of the variations of health status (measured by life expectancy) across the EU regions of NUTS II level. We apply existing tools developed in economic growth literature to study a mortality convergence. Using the idea of unconditional convergence model developed for economic growth, we can confirm a decrease or increase of regional health inequalities. The main research hypothesis is as follows: whether regions with lower initial life expectancies have experienced the largest increases in life expectancies. To verify the hypothesis of beta-convergence we use spatial econometric models which additionally allow to take the geographic dependence among the surveyed regions into consideration. Due to the heterogeneity of the surveyed spatial units we also verify the hypothesis of the club beta-convergence.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/CER/article/view/7035health inequalitieclub convergencebeta-convergenceeuropean union regions |
| spellingShingle | Renata Jaworska Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach Comparative Economic Research health inequalitie club convergence beta-convergence european union regions |
| title | Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach |
| title_full | Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach |
| title_fullStr | Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach |
| title_short | Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach |
| title_sort | health inequalities across the european union regions a beta convergence approach |
| topic | health inequalitie club convergence beta-convergence european union regions |
| url | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/CER/article/view/7035 |
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