Inequality, race, and mortality in U.S. cities: a political and econometric review of Deaton and Lubotsky (56:6, 1139-1153, 2003)

Michael Ash; Dean E Robinson

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.038

Inequality, race, and mortality in U.S. cities: a political and econometric review of Deaton and Lubotsky (56:6, 1139-1153, 2003)

Soc Sci Med. 2009 Jun;68(11):1909-13. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.038. Epub 2009 Apr 3.

Authors

Michael Ash¹, Dean E Robinson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Economics and CPPA, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. mash@econs.umass.edu

PMID: 19345463
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.038

Abstract

Our replication of Deaton and Lubotsky's [(2003). Mortality, inequality and race in American cities and states. Social Science & Medicine, 56.] study "Mortality, Inequality and Race in American Cities and States" identifies a coding error in the econometric analysis in the original paper. Correcting the error changes the basic results of the paper with respect to inequality and mortality in a relevant and substantive way. We also propose an alternative interpretation of the other main result of the paper regarding racial composition and mortality.

Publication types

Review
Comment

MeSH terms

Cities*
Geography
Health Status Disparities*
Humans
Income*
Models, Econometric*
Mortality / trends*
Racial Groups*
Reproducibility of Results
Social Class
United States / epidemiology
Urban Population / statistics & numerical data