This paper looks at the fertility, mortality, and marriage experience of racial, ethnic, and nativity groups in the …-origin, and Amerindian populations. This has not been true for mortality. The black population has experienced absolute … convergence but relative deterioration in mortality (neonatal and infant mortality, maternal mortality, expectation of life at …

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 … deprivation. I review the evidence on the effects of income inequality on the rate of decline of mortality over time, on … geographical pattens of mortality, and on individual-level mortality. Much of the literature needs to be treated skeptically, if …

populations above mortality-minimizing bodyweight is not clearly greater in countries with higher overweight and obesity rates (as …

The demographic transition --the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality …

convergence of adult mortality rates among the rich of the world, particularly men. Globalization would do much for global health … 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 …

medical progress: decreased mortality risk, milder and slower development over time, making the time with disease (and health …The objective is to review the evidence on (a) ageing and health and (b) the demand for health- and social services … among the elderly. Issues are: does health status of the elderly improve over time, and how do the trends in health status …

relationship between mortality and labor force participation, thinking of mortality as one indicator of health that is comparable … across countries and over time in the same country. We then consider how mortality is related to other indicators of health … Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the …