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dc.contributor.author | Costa i Font, Joan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gil, Joan, 1966- | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-03T10:41:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-03T10:41:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008-02 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0306-9192 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/107789 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The expansion of obesity stands as a major food related health concern arguably driven by a socio-economic vector. However, alongside its prevalence, still scant evidence has examined on the underlying factors that explain the emergence socio-economic inequalities in obesity. This paper makes use of evidence form Spain to empirically address the hypothesis of the existence of income-related inequalities in the probability of suffering obesity in Spain using data from 2003. Besides quantifying inequalities, we take advantage of a concentration index methodology that allows a decomposition of the cross-section explanatory factors. Our findings provide suggestive evidence of significant socio-economic inequalities in the probability of being obese in Spain. However, in decomposing such inequalities we find that education attainment and other demographic covariates appear to have a prominent influence. Hence, rather than the so-called pure ''income effect', we conclude that socio-economic inequalities in obesity result from the additional influence of other confounding -observed and unobserved-effects. | - |
dc.format.extent | 13 p. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Ltd | - |
dc.relation.isformatof | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2007.05.005 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Food Policy, 2008, vol. 33, num. 1, p. 61-73 | - |
dc.relation.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2007.05.005 | - |
dc.rights | (c) Elsevier Ltd, 2008 | - |
dc.source | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) | - |
dc.subject.classification | Obesitat | - |
dc.subject.classification | Salut pública | - |
dc.subject.classification | Economia del benestar | - |
dc.subject.other | Obesity | - |
dc.subject.other | Public health | - |
dc.subject.other | Welfare economics | - |
dc.title | What Lies Behind Socio-Economic Inequalities in Obesity in Spain? A Decomposition Approach | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion | - |
dc.identifier.idgrec | 555821 | - |
dc.date.updated | 2017-03-03T10:41:11Z | - |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) |
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