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Health status,income inequality and institutions: Evidence from pakistan economy
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نویسنده
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nasreen s. ,anwar s. ,ahmad n.
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منبع
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pakistan journal of life and social sciences - 2012 - دوره : 10 - شماره : 2 - صفحه:139 -144
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چکیده
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The aim of this study was to examine the effect of income distribution on health status and also to investigate whether this effect depends on institutional structure in pakistan. the result of co-integration and error correction model (ecm) applied on annual data over the period of 1973-2010; revealed that unequal income distribution worsens health indicators in pakistan. however,this negative effect may be reduced by introducing an efficient and equity based distribution system for all resources. the results also showed that per capita public health expenditure,literacy rate and number of doctors positively affect people's health in pakistan.
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کلیدواژه
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Co-integration; ECM; Health status; Income distribution; Institution; Pakistan
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آدرس
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department of economics,government college university, Pakistan, department of economics,government college university, Pakistan, depar tment of economics,university of sargodha, Pakistan
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