in health economics. It authoritatively covers theoretical and empirical issues in health economics, with a balanced … range of material on equity and efficiency in health care systems, health technology assessment and issues of concern for … chapters have been extensively updated. The Elgar Companion to Health Economics, Second Edition intends to take an audience of …

This three-volume set brings together the most important and interesting papers on the economics of health behaviours … empirical papers on the household production of health and the link between schooling and health. Volume II covers research into … the prediction and explanations of health behaviours and into the labour market consequences of unhealthy behaviour …

Industrialized World', Health Affairs, 24, 903-14. -- Beckfield, J. and N. Krieger (2009), 'Epi + demos + cracy: Linking Political …), Soziologie der Gesundheit, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, pp. 383-405. -- Moran, Michael (1999), Governing the Health Care State. A …?', Health Policy, 80 (1), 86-96. -- Terris, M. (1978), 'The Three World Systems of Medical Care: Trends and Prospects', American …

1. Introduction -- 2. Measuring Health -- 3. Measuring Inequality -- 4. How Can Economic Inequality Influence Health … Can Be Made From Group Averages? -- 7. Income Inequality And Health: What Does The Literature Tell Us? -- 8. Searching For … poor is widening. What does this mean for our health? Does increasing income inequality affect outcomes such as obesity …

Lance Taylor is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent development economists in the world and is known for his … north, the south and globalization …

faster growth and reduced poverty, which could be achieved through closer integration in the world economy …Globalization is widely regarded as a means not only of ensuring efficiency and growth, but also of achieving equity … and development for those countries operating in the global economy. The book argues that this perception of globalization …

sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development … services approach. : income, inequality and poverty / Kerry Turner and Brendan Fisher -- 3. Ecospace, humanspace and climate … to climate conflict : who is taking the heat for global warming? / Betsy Hartmann -- 10. Rural poverty, cotton production …

: monitoring food security in a volatile world / Derek Headey, Olivier Ecker, and Jean-Francois Trinh Tan -- 4. Food price … inflation, growth and poverty / Shikha Jha and P.V. Srinivasan -- 5. Transmission of global food prices, supply response and ….] -- 9. Dietary change, nutrient transition and food security in fast growing China / Jing You -- 10. Poverty-nutrition traps …

Robust is a Poverty Profile', World Bank Economic Review, 8 (1), January, 75-102 -- 12. Martin Ravallion and Binayak Sen …), Quantifying Absolute Poverty in the Developing World', Review of Income and Wealth, 37 (4), December, 345-361. …-625 -- 23. Angus Deaton (2010), 'Price Indexes, Inequality and the Measurement of World Poverty', American Economic Review, 100 …