This study explores global inequality in health status, and decomposes it into within- andbetween-country inequality …. We rely on standardized height indicators as our health indicator sincethey avoid the measurement pitfalls of more … traditional measures of health such as morbidity,mortality and life expectancy. They also avoid measurement problems associated …

Distribution', volume 2B, North Holland, Elsevier, chapter 18, 143 pages.<P> We examine the relationship between income and health … with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the distribution of health in a population contributes to income … inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health …