In this paper we first document inequality trends in wages, hours worked, earnings, consumption, and wealth for Germany … from the last twenty years. We generally find that inequality was relatively stable in West Germany until the German …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and … mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between 1940 and 1967. The data include detailed information on both … biological and adopting parents. We find that the health of the biological parents affects the health of their adopted children …

We argue that the Covid epidemic disproportionately affected the economic well-being and health of poor people. To … pre-existing inequality in comorbidity rates and access to quality health care. The remaining third, stems from the fact …, we assess the health-income trade-offs associated with fiscal transfers to the poor and mandatory containment policies …

deaths per head than have poor countries; their better health systems, higher incomes, more capable governments and better …

-imposed lock-downs may not present a clear trade-off between GDP and public health, as commonly believed, even though its immediate …

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 … cyclical increases in income may raise mortality, even when the long-run effects of income are in the opposite direction. There …

Mortality rates have fallen dramatically over time, starting in a few countries in the 18th century, and continuing to … fall today. In just the past century, life expectancy has increased by over 30 years. At the same time, mortality rates … years. This difference persists despite the remarkable progress in health improvement in the last half century, at least …

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 …

to provide novel evidence on economic inequality in infant and maternal health. We find that birth outcomes vary non … birth weight and preterm birth than those in the bottom ventile. However, unlike birth outcomes, infant mortality varies …---have a death rate that is half that of infants of parents in the bottom ventile. When studying maternal health, we find a …