This study explores global inequality in health status, and decomposes it into within- andbetween-country inequality …. We rely on standardized height indicators as our health indicator sincethey avoid the measurement pitfalls of more … traditional measures of health such as morbidity,mortality and life expectancy. They also avoid measurement problems associated …

This study explores global inequality in health status and decomposes it into within- and between-country inequality …. We rely on standardized height as our health indicator since it avoids the measurement pitfalls of more traditional … measures of health such as morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy. It also avoids measurement problems associated with using …

cognitive outcomes in young adult life. Additionally, we find that both early life cognitive ability and health seem to have … cohort members according to their height, which we consider a proxy for health status - shorter individuals show a stronger …

This paper examines the pattern of health care demand in rural Tanzania. We distinguish between hospital and clinic … demand for all health care options are high, although less so for public clinics and dispensaries than other choices. However … quality of medical care has large effects on health demand. This applies to the quality and availability of doctors …