Incidence of Education and Health Services on Different Income Classes in Pakistan

Type Journal Article - Forman Journal of Economic Studies
Title Incidence of Education and Health Services on Different Income Classes in Pakistan
Author(s)
Volume 5
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2009
Page numbers 75-91
URL http://www.fccollege.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Paper-5-Incidence-of-Education-and-Health-Ser​vices-on-Different.pdf
Abstract
This study investigates the incidence of education and health
services on different income groups in Pakistan using HIES
data set 2001-02. This study uses Kienzle (1981) index to
measure the incidence of such services for overall Pakistan, its
rural-urban segments and four provinces of Pakistan. The
findings of the study indicate that both services are pro-poor. It
implies that the lower income classes enjoy the benefits which
can hopefully improve the relative income positions of the
beneficiaries. This study further confirms the previous results
by estimating Gini index of gross income and after adding both
the services. The results are bootstrapped in order to build
confidence interval for the estimated indices as the point
estimates are not reliable for policy prescriptions.

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