We develop a method to compare levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France in a …, inequality in mortality in France remained remarkably low and stable. In the United States, inequality in mortality increased for … similar framework. The comparison shows that while income inequality has increased in both the United States and France …

coast of France to the rest of the country, Phylloxera affected different regions in different years. We exploit the … on health, including infant mortality, life expectancy, and morbidity by age 20 …

Considering mortality and health status, we question the fact that the reforms may have gone too far in increasing the …: one based on the gap in employment rates across time for given mortality rates; the other using the work …France stands out as a country with a low labor force attachment of older workers. A reversal in the trend of French …

and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …

fertility, mortality, human capital and intergenerational mobility, looking for structural breaks associated with the French …

Longitudinal Mortality Study show that the relative deprivation theory provides a good account of the mortality gradient within …I present a model of mortality and income that integrates the 'gradient,' the negative relationship between income and … mortality, with the Wilkinson hypothesis, that income inequality poses a risk to health. Individual health is negatively …

' arises from differences in mortality risk, marital status, risk aversion, and the presence of pre-existing annuities such as …

cyclical increases in income may raise mortality, even when the long-run effects of income are in the opposite direction. There … is no evidence that recent increases in inequality raised mortality beyond what it would otherwise have been …