title: The role of ethnic and rural discrimination in the relationship between income inequality and health in Guatemala.
abstract: This article seeks to understand in the ways in which income inequality can affect children's health (z-score of stunting) in Guatemala. We postulate that there are several transmission channels through which income inequality can affect health and that the children's ethnic and rural origins influence the size and direction of this effect. The methodology employed is systems of simultaneous equations (three-stage least squares and generalized method of moments). Our results highlight the importance of rural and indigenous characteristics in the relationship between income inequality and child health and indicate that the most important transmission channels are household income levels and maternal education.
authors: UETMIS and CR-CHUS, CHUS, Hôtel-Dieu, 580 rue Bowen Sud, Sherbrooke, J1G 2E8 Québec, Canada tpoder.chus@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
authors: Thomas G
authors: TG
authors: Poder
authors: Department of economics, GREDI, University of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: He
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006166:Guatemala; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Guatemala; Income inequality; child health; discrimination