Economic Status and the Indigenous/Non-Indigenous Health Gap

Alison Booth; Nick Carroll

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2007.10.005

Economic Status and the Indigenous/Non-Indigenous Health Gap

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Using unique survey data, we find a significant gap in the self-assessed health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The former have significantly worse health and almost half of the Indigenous health gap is explained by differences in economic variables.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	604-606
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	99
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.10.005
Publication status	Published - 2008

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