Short course
Measuring Inequality and Mobility in Health and Income
Overview
A one-day workshop consisting of a series of seminars from international and domestic experts on topics regarding measuring the inequality and mobility in income and health.
Who is this course designed for?
Those with a particular interest is measuring and monitoring inequalities in income and/or health.
Pre-requisites
A basic understanding of the common methods used to measure and monitor inequalities is required.
Course dates
Our next course date has not been set. To register your interest, please email health-economics@unimelb.edu.au and we will notify you when dates are available.
Course outline
9:45 – 10:00 Registration/Coffee
10:00 – 10:50 Guido Erreygers (University of Antwerp)
Topic: Ranks vs. Levels: Comparing Rank-dependent and Level-dependent Indices of Socioeconomic Inequality of Health
10:50 – 11:05 Morning Tea
11:05 – 11:40 Garry Barrett (University of Sydney)
Topic: Consistent Tests of Poverty Dominance Relations
11:40 – 12:15 Nicholas Rohde (School of Business, Griffith University)
Topic: Welfare Based Measures of Income Insecurity in Fixed Effects Models Co-authored by: KK Tang, Lars Osberg, Conchita D'Ambrosio and Prasada Rao
12:15 – 12:50 Lunch
12:50 – 13:25 Myra Yazbeck (School of Economics, UQ)
Topic: Robust Wagstaff Orderings of Distributions of Self-Reported Health Status
13:25 – 14:00 Dennis Petrie (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, UoM)
Topic: The Dynamics of Income and Health over the Lifecycle
14:00 – 14:35 Paul Frijters (School of Economics, UQ)
Topic: Inequality in Mental Health Resilience
14:35 – 14:50 Afternoon Tea
14:50 – 15:25 Roger Wilkins (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research)
Topic: Reconciling Tax-based and Survey-based Measures of Income Inequality
15:25 – 16:00 Philip Clarke (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, UoM)
Topic: Towards a Measure of Health Poverty
Course leaders
Guido Erreygers (University of Antwerp)
Garry Barrett (University of Sydney)
Nicholas Rohde (School of Business, Griffith University)
Myra Yazbeck (School of Economics, UQ)
Dennis Petrie (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, UoM)
Paul Frijters (School of Economics, UQ)
Roger Wilkins (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research)
Philip Clarke (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, UoM)