Economic inequality in Spain: the european community household panel dataset

Income inequality and self-rated health status: evidence from the European Community Household Panel.

We examine the effect of income inequality on individuals' self-rated health status in a pooled sample of 11 countries, using longitudinal data from the European Community Household Panel survey. Taking advantage of the longitudinal and cross-national nature of our data, and carefully modeling the self-reported health information, we avoid several of the pitfalls suffered by earlier studies on ...

Economic consequences of union dissolution in Italy: findings from the European Community Household Panel

Union dissolution is a constantly increasing phenomenon across Europe – even in Italy where the prevalence of divorce has always been among the lowest. This poses several questions on the consequences which such an event can have on the families involved. Many studies show that women usually undergo the worst financial consequences, although there are few analysis on Italy, given the relatively...

Objective and Subjective Measures of Poverty in the European Community Household Panel

In most poverty studies a person is defined as poor if he or she lacks enough resources to reach an acceptable standard of living. Usually the analysis is also restricted to economic deprivation and misery. However, even if most researchers seem to agree on this general definition, there has been a lot of discussion about the best approach to measure poverty. Thus, during recent years there hav...

Socioeconomic inequalities in health: a comparative analysis using the European Community Household Panel

This paper contributes to the literature on income-related inequalities in health across European Union Member States. The European Community Household Panel Users’ Database (ECHP-UDB) is used for this analysis. Two binary measures of health limitations are used for the full 8 waves in the ECHP-UDB. Concentration indices and mobility indices are derived for these indicators of severe limitation...

Analysing Deprivation Persistence and Dynamics using The European Community Household Panel Study