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 …

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 …

What is inequality in health? Are economists' standard tools for measuring income inequality relevant or useful for … measuring it? Does income protect health and does income inequality endanger it? I discuss two different concepts of health …'s health is related to his or her status within a reference group as measured by income relative to the group mean. Income …

birth cohorts observed from 1975 to 1995. We assume that health status is determined by social status, defined as income … relative to the mean income of a reference group. When reference groups are not observed, health is a function of income whose …

between national accounts measures and health, particularly in light of the COVID-19 epidemic which may reduce global …

investment. This paper uses a randomized evaluation in Kenya to measure the health impacts of investments to improve source water … are much smaller than levels implied by health planners' typical valuations of child mortality, consistent with models in … which the demand for health is highly income elastic. Simulations suggest that, at current income levels, private property …

of adults from 132 countries. I analyze the data on life satisfaction (happiness) and on health satisfaction and look at … inconsistent relationship with happiness. National income moderates the effects of aging on self-reported health, and the decline … in health satisfaction and rise in disability with age are much stronger in poor countries than in rich countries. In …

throughout the now poor world. Many see related threats to public health from current globalization. Multilateral and bilateral … Services may restrict the freedom of signatories to shape their own health delivery systems, and it remains unclear whether …/AIDS. However, to the extent that globalization promotes economic growth, population health may benefit, and there has been …

Self-reported health status (SRHS) is an imperfect measure of non-fatal health, but allows examination of how health … status varies over the life course. Although women have lower mortality than men, they report worse health status up to age … bottom quartile already report worse health than do men in the top quartile at age 50. In the bottom quartile of income, SRHS …

This study estimates long-run impacts of a child health investment, exploiting community-wide experimental variation in …