Ex-ante and ex-post measurement of equality of opportunity in health: a normative decomposition.
This paper proposes and discusses two different approaches to the definition of inequality in health: the ex-ante and the ex-post approach. It proposes strategies for measuring inequality of opportunity in health based on the path-independent Atkinson equality index. The proposed methodology is illustrated using data from the British Household Panel Survey; the results suggest that in the period 2000-2005, at least one-third of the observed health equalities in the UK were equalities of opportunity.
['Donni|Paolo Li|PL|', 'Peragine|Vito|V|', 'Pignataro|Giuseppe|G|']
D000367:Age Factors D004470:Economics, Medical D004777:Environment D015438:Health Behavior D054624:Health Status Disparities D006801:Humans D008019:Life Style D012737:Sex Factors D064890:Social Determinants of Health D012959:Socioeconomic Factors D006113:United Kingdom
equality of opportunity health Atkinson equality index BHPS circumstances responsibility