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 on income mainly operating through employment, although it is …

It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this … by government transfers versus market transfers on changes in income-related health inequality (IRHI) in Europe. Using …

-related inequality of self-assessed health evolve over the life cycle and differ across generations in 11 EU countries. There is a … moderate and steady decline in mean health until the age of 70 or so and a steep acceleration in the rate of health … economic and social development, the average health of younger generations is significantly better than that of older …

cumulative protective effect of education on health outcomes. The less educated suffer a double health penalty in that they begin …A strong relationship between health and socioeconomic status is firmly established. Yet, partly due to the … allows investigation of whether the socioeconomically disadvantaged, on top of a lower health level, experience a sharper …

between adherents of absolute versus relative health differences. We end this paper with a matrix that provides guidelines on …

Europe aims at combining income growth with improvements in social cohesion as measured by income and health … growth and the income responsiveness of health. We investigate whether these conditions held in Europe in the nineties using … decompositions to demonstrate that (i) in all countries except Austria, the income elasticity of health is positive and increases …