College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 May 18;39(4):335-351. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2325560. Epub 2024 Mar 9.
Income inequality had been one of the important manifestations of social inequality, which can affect the health level by affecting savings, health care and living standards. Existing researches about the relationship between income inequality and health ignored the comprehensive characteristic of health concept, and did not consider the intrinsic relationship between health and income inequality. This paper attempts to re-shed light on the relationship. Firstly, this paper constructs a new health level evaluation system from three aspects: health basis, health environment and behavior, and health security. By means of the combination evaluation method, the health levels can be obtained. Then, considering the interaction between health and income inequality, a simultaneous equation group model is constructed to empirically test the relationship between income inequality and health levels in China. The results reveal that health level is negatively correlated with income inequality. Reducing income inequality plays an important role in improving health levels in China.
收入不平等一直是社会不平等的重要表现之一，它可以通过影响储蓄、医疗保健和生活水平来影响健康水平。现有关于收入不平等与健康之间关系的研究忽视了健康概念的综合特征，也没有考虑健康与收入不平等之间的内在关系。本文试图重新审视这种关系。首先，本文从健康基础、健康环境和行为以及健康保障三个方面构建了一个新的健康水平评价体系。通过组合评价方法，可以得到健康水平。然后，考虑到健康与收入不平等之间的相互作用，构建了联立方程组模型，对中国收入不平等与健康水平之间的关系进行实证检验。结果表明，健康水平与收入不平等呈负相关。减少收入不平等对提高中国的健康水平起着重要作用。
