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 …

I explore the connection between income inequality and health in both poor and rich countries. I discuss a range of … conclude that there is no direct link from income inequality to ill-health; individuals are no more likely to die if they live … not a health risk does not deny the importance for health of other inequalities, nor of the social environment. Whether …

closely linked to DI reforms than to changes in health and that reducing access to DI would raise labor supply … methods to estimate the health capacity to work, asking how much older individuals today could work if they worked as much as … those with the same mortality rate in the past or as younger individuals in similar health. Both methods suggest there is …

older persons will increase the unemployment of youth. The fifth phase on "Historical Trends in Mortality and Health … programs. The key question this volume seeks to address is: given health status, to what extent are differences in labor force …