... heterogeneity across areas with distinct levels of economic development. Design/methodology/approach Socioeconomic inequality was measured using concentration indices, followed by a decomposition analysis to identify the factors that contribute to the observed inequality. A heterogeneity assessment was also...

... 2019 04 07 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Decomposition analysis Inequality Concentration index Catastrophic healthcare expenditure Improving access to healthcare for socioeconomically disadvantaged...

... from Multan district (Pakistan). Making a three tier analyses, i.e. simple, sequential and double decomposition, the findings of the models support the hypothesis of the study that children of high-income parents also fall in high-income groups. Findings The simple decomposition analysis using...

... inequality increased during this period. Children from the poorest household endured the burden of malnourishment more than those from the wealthiest households. The level of inequality also increased among the rural children, although it remained stagnant among the urban children. Decomposition analysis...

... decline of only seven percentage points in the proportion of malnourished children in India during 1992-2006. The increasing values of CIs from −0.13 (1992) to −0.18 (2006) demonstrates the concomitant rise in economic inequalities among malnourished children. The results of decomposition analysis point...

... Chen can be contacted at: xchen@bw.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Discrimination Work ethic Migration/immigration Decomposition analysis The economic status of immigrant communities is part of the public policy debate in almost all modern countries. The issue...

... whether the contribution of between-country and within-country components changed in the period between 1996 to 2008, before the outbreak of the economic crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies a decomposition analysis by population subgroup utilizing micro-data from the ECHP and EU...