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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Is public health insurance an appropriate instrument for redistribution? |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Annales d'Economie et de Statistique |
| Publisher | INSEE |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0769-489X |
| Number | 83/84 |
| Page Range | 61 - 82 |
| Date | 2006 |
| Abstract Text | The share of the public sector in health insurance provision varies enormously from country to country. It is larger in more redistributive countries. We provide a possible theoretical explanation for these facts: a public health insurance system, fi nanced by taxes, can be an effi cient means of redistribution, complementary to income taxation. This relies on the assumption of a negative correlation between income and morbidity. We examine the empirical validity of this assumption on macro data. |
| Free access at | Official URL |
| Official URL | http://annales.ensae.fr/anciens/n8384/vol8384-03.pdf |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:3439 |
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