Board #6 - The Wealth of Health: Inequality and Healthcare Spending

• In Event: 83-301 - Poster Session: Policy Perspectives: Navigating Socioeconomic Dynamics in Public Welfare and Service Provision

Brief Overview

I investigate the impact of inequality on a government’s healthcare expenditure.I also interact the Gini coefficient with GDP per capita.I find that inequality has a negative effect on expenditure, while the interaction is positive and insignificant.

Author

• Collin Dalen Groezinger, Wheaton College-Wheaton