International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications

Analyzing the impact of drug price liberalization on poverty and inequality and proposing a new framework for supporting vulnerable groups in Iran's economy on health reform

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Department of Economics, Faculty of Law and Economics, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, Iran

10.22075/ijnaa.2023.32191.4781

Abstract

Improving income distribution is considered as one of the components of economic development in the Iranian economy, especially in the years after the Islamic Revolution. Due to the dependence of the government budget on oil revenues (40%) and the high share of subsidies in the annual budget (10%) of the Iranian economy, fluctuations in the global oil market, sanctions imposed in this area and the subsequent uncertainty in the realization of Oil revenues can affect government budgets and revenue distribution. In this study, to study the effect of drug price liberalization on inequality and income distribution using the Gini coefficient index, the integrated data model in the period 2010: 1 to 2019: 4 has been used. The results show that drug price liberalization has a negative and significant effect on the level of income distribution in the short run.

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International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications

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Available Online from 23 October 2024
  • Receive Date: 29 September 2023
  • Accept Date: 08 December 2023