How are health capital and income inequality linked? Analysis of the 2012-2018 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey.

ABSTRACT: How to alleviate income inequality is a significant challenge faced by all countries worldwide, and disparities in health capital are one of the fundamental causes of income gaps. A thorough exploration of the relationship between health capital disparities and income gaps holds substantial practical significance. Based on the 2012-2018 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey, we employ OLS models, quantile regression, Shapley value decomposition, and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to provide a detailed estimation of the impact of health capital disparities on income gaps of labour. We find that health capital is a crucial driver of income increase, with its impact most pronounced at the 20th income percentile. Additionally, through Shapley decomposition, we find that health capital contributes 12

SUBMITTER: Tang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12611301 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature