We show that ethnic distances can explain the ethnic inequalities in child mortality rates in Africa. Using individual … fractionalization re ects a higher stock of knowledge and information leading to better health outcomes. Knowledge does not ow smoothly …

health, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone. Such international inequalities in life … hope that economic growth will improve people's health as well as their material living conditions. I argue that the … poverty reduction, there is no evidence that it will deliver automatic health improvements in the absence of appropriate …

health, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone. Such international inequalities in life … hope that economic growth will improve people's health as well as their material living conditions. I argue that the … poverty reduction, there is no evidence that it will deliver automatic health improvements in the absence of appropriate …

several health outcomes and find that, in general, increased openness is associated with lower rates of infant mortality and …, but not all, of the positive association between openness and health may result from more open economies receiving more …

job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality during a follow-up period of 12 years were estimated by …. The findings support previous evidence of increased risks of alcohol-related morbidity/mortality following involuntary job …The purpose of this study was to assess the association between involuntary job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity …