abstract: 'The question of how the American political process shapes inequality

  remains unsettled. While recent studies break ground by linking

  inequality to political institutions, much of this work focuses on

  national-level income inequality. The literature is lacking in its

  examination of inequality in other issue areas at the subnational level.

  This research explores how partisanship in government affects

  subnational-level inequality in health care coverage in the context of

  racial diversity. Using a new Gini-coefficient measure of inequality in

  health insurance coverage, we find a negative relationship between the

  seat share of Democratic representatives and inequality in health care

  coverage but only in states with racially diverse populations. Moreover,

  Democratic-controlled state legislatures mitigate the negative impact of

  racial diversity on inequality in health care coverage. These results

  highlight the importance of examining the partisan foundation of health

  care inequality in the context of racial diversity.'
affiliation: 'Zhu, L (Corresponding Author), Univ Houston, Dept Polit Sci, 436 PGH
  Hall, Houston, TX 77204 USA.

  Zhu, Ling; Clark, Jennifer H., Univ Houston, Polit Sci, Houston, TX 77204 USA.'
author: Zhu, Ling and Clark, Jennifer H.
author-email: lzhu4@central.uh.edu
author_list:
- family: Zhu
  given: Ling
- family: Clark
  given: Jennifer H.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/1532440014568569
eissn: 1946-1607
files: []
issn: 1532-4400
journal: STATE POLITICS \& POLICY QUARTERLY
keywords: inequality; health insurance coverage; party government; state politics
keywords-plus: 'AMERICAN-STATES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; CLASS BIAS; POLICY; INCOME;

  DIVERSITY; REPRESENTATION; CONSEQUENCES; INSTITUTIONS; FEDERALISM'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '73'
pages: 239-262
papis_id: dc4b8fb5608926a4e272e03d1a4f8570
ref: Zhu2015rightsaccess
researcherid-numbers: Zhu, Ling/G-6459-2012
times-cited: '8'
title: '``Rights without Access″: The Political Context of Inequality in Health Care
  Coverage in the US States'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000354277200006
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '15'
web-of-science-categories: Political Science
year: '2015'