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本文回顾了近年来关于收入不均等与健康关系的研究文献并作了简评。早期经济学家运用总体数据研究了收入及收入不均等与健康之间的关系,重点关注的是绝对收入与健康之间的关系,即增加收入可使个人购买数量更多、质量更好的有利于健康的产品和服务,这些研究强调了物质因素对健康状况的影响。近几年来,随着数据可得性的提高和计量方法的改进,越来越多的学者运用个体数据估计了收入不均等和健康之间的关系,认为个人健康不仅与绝对收入而且更与相对收入密切相关,强调了与收入相关的心理、社会因素对健康的影响。
This article reviews the research literature on the relationship between income inequality and health in recent years and gives a brief review. Early economists used aggregate data to study the relationship between income and inequality and health, with a focus on the relationship between absolute income and health, which means that increasing income leads to more individuals buying and better quality Health-friendly products and services that underline the impact of material factors on health. In recent years, with the improvement of data availability and measurement methods, more and more scholars have used individual data to estimate the relationship between income inequality and health. They think that personal health is not only relative to absolute income but also relative Revenue is closely related, emphasizing the health-related effects of income-related psychosocial and social factors.