1. Social capital and health inequalities in developing countries: a case study for Indonesia
- Author
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Florence Jusot, Marta Menéndez, Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé (Legos), Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine (LEDa), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, and Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme (DIAL)
- Subjects
[QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin] ,Inequality ,media_common.quotation_subject ,1. No poverty ,Developing country ,health ,JEL: I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I1 - Health/I.I1.I18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health ,JEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ,Indonesia ,8. Economic growth ,Development economics ,Economics ,social capital ,Social capital ,media_common - Abstract
This chapter opens with a thorough review of the literature on the health effects of social capital in a large collection of countries, especially in developing countries such as Indonesia. The study includes many innovations and new findings. For example, it finds that inequalities in health opportunities account for 10 per cent of inequalities in health.
- Published
- 2018