Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be … between national income per capita and life expectancy. Other studies (e.g., those reviewed in Cochrane et al., 1980) have … arrived at the same conclusion. Within countries, just as at the cross-national level, child mortality has been found to be …

by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income … explanatory power in predicting future mortality and is therefore a useful measure of morbidity. Finally, we suggest that the …

This dissertation contains two empirical papers on income and premature mortality, and one methodological paper that … concerns the summary measurement of the extent of social inequalities in health. Income dynamics and adult mortality: Canada … and the USAChapter 4 examines the effects of income level and income drops on all-cause mortality in Canada and the United …

life-style choices (drinking, smoking, exercise) and income on six measures of health in the US Health and Retirement Study …, (3) mental health indicators, (4) BMI, (5) the presence of serious long-term health conditions, and (6) mortality. We …

Recent interest has been stimulated by the growth of income inequality in most developed countries during the 1980s and … development. This article uses a measure of income inequality derived from taxation statistics and a recently proposed method for … information – has increased income inequality. In contrast, improved terms of trade have been equity-enhancing. Of the …

The EFF collects detailed information on household assets, debts, income, consumption, and demographic variables. One … the changes in income, asset holdings, and wealth of Spanish households between the end of 2002 and 2005 …

models and multilevel generalized linear mixed models for a binary response. Likelihood based inferences are hindered by the … SR method. Compared to Pinheiro and Chao's multilevel Adaptive Gaussian quadrature, our proposed method has an improved …

parameters in the multilevel model are estimated by a combination of EM and Newton-Raphson algorithms. Even for samples of 50 …

Income inequality reflects resource allocations, and has important implications for public policy and institutional … design. This paper investigates the factorsdetermining inequality. This is especially relevant in Chile where income … and generalized entropy inequality measures. Resultsindicate that important factor components explaining income …

new relations and to improve service, the municipality shouldcontinuously evaluate the human resource management practices … between human resource practices andorganisational climate in the municipality.In Article 1 and Article 3 employees from the … municipality were targeted, and in Article 2 citizensfrom the municipality were targeted separately. The study popUlation from the …