title: Ex-ante and ex-post measurement of equality of opportunity in health: a normative decomposition.
abstract: This paper proposes and discusses two different approaches to the definition of inequality in health: the ex-ante and the ex-post approach. It proposes strategies for measuring inequality of opportunity in health based on the path-independent Atkinson equality index. The proposed methodology is illustrated using data from the British Household Panel Survey; the results suggest that in the period 2000-2005, at least one-third of the observed health equalities in the UK were equalities of opportunity.
authors: University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors: Paolo Li
authors: PL
authors: Donni
authors: Vito
authors: V
authors: Peragine
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Pignataro
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004470:Economics, Medical; D004777:Environment; D015438:Health Behavior; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D012737:Sex Factors; D064890:Social Determinants of Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Atkinson equality index; BHPS; circumstances; equality of opportunity; health; responsibility