This paper provides a broad picture of national, regional and global trends of inequality in length of life over the … of inequality measures for 201 countries at five-year intervals over the period under analysis. We estimate both absolute … and relative inequality measures which have the property of being additively decomposable. This property makes the …

This study aims to examine the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years of … inequality in child health is high, particularly in poor and conflict-affected regions. The contribution of inequality of … opportunity to total inequality in child health outcome is found to be substantial and varies, both across and within regions. The …

preference for favourable inequality affect competitive choices differently among males and females. We find that selection into … related to preference for favourable inequality, with significant gender differences in the impact of these distributional …

Inequality Database, health (length-of-life) inequality data from life tables, and inequality measures of political participation … psychological inequality and we find that inequalities in income, health, social class, and selfefficacy are strongly related. A … dimensions of inequality correlate differently with relevant outcomes. The socioeconomic/health/psychological inequality …

) recipients. Finally, most dictators can be classified as egalitarian, meritocratic or selfish. They invoke these fairness views …

disparities in health outcomes. Tracking the evolution of lifespan inequality is essential to promoting social justice and equity …Monitoring health is key for identifying priorities in public health planning and improving healthcare services. Life … expectancy has conventionally been regarded as a valuable indicator to compare the health status of different populations …

We evaluate the effectiveness of a post-conflict development programme on maternal health-care utilization in the … Development Facility of the United Nations Development Programme is successful in improving maternal health-care utilization … health-care utilization. The effectiveness of the programme would have been greater in the absence of conflict, although the …

Researchers often rely on household survey data to investigate health disparities and the incidence and prevalence of … illness. These self-reported health measures are often biased due to information asymmetry or differences in reference groups …. Using the World Health Organization study on global ageing and adult health, I find that the poor use a different reporting …

The social determinants of health have not been studied extensively in low-income contexts, where most studies focus on … access to medical care. We undertake a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the social determinants of health in … health care nor material conditions are related to better health outcomes. Rather, we find that macro factors, proxied by …