German Socio-Economic Panel shows that the level of income also affects a person's health and life expectancy. People's self … lower the income, the more frequent the impairments to subjective health. Life expectancy statistics also reflect income …Income is an important determinant of individual standards of living and participation in social life. Data from the …

Social inequalities and poverty are realities of all societies, but there are differences of degree between them … both countries have extreme poverty and social inequalities. The explanations come from past and recent history, but also … poverty and a lack of confidence regarding the future. …

evaluate the impact of health on the income of working elderly individuals. The results find that health measures have a strong …The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of elderly health in the context of Mexico as a … developing country and the relationship between health indicators and earnings in the labor market. The authors analyze the …

resulted in a reduction of poverty in Africa. Inter-country variations in income and human poverty reinforce the established … patterns of well-being within the continent, as countries in Northern and Southern Africa have the lowest levels of poverty …. The empirical analysis reveals that inter- country differences in poverty levels can be accounted for by variables …

, both traditional and LAC-specific, including demographics, education, labor market, housing, and income. The indicators are …

unimodal one, the evolution of the health distribution has preceded that of income, global inequality and poverty has decreased …, global inequality and poverty would be substantially underestimated if the dependence between the income and health …We investigate the evolution of global welfare in two dimensions: income per capita and life expectancy. First, we …

unimodal one, the evolution of the health distribution has preceded that of income, global inequality and poverty has decreased …, global inequality and poverty would be substantially underestimated if the dependence between the income and health …We investigate the evolution of global welfare in two dimensions: income per capita and life expectancy. First, we …

Part I of this chapter briefly reviews the arguments for using consumption rather than income as a measure of living … standards and for using it to measure poverty and inequality. It goes on to discuss the principal uses to which consumption data …

I explore the connection between income inequality and health in both poor and rich countries. I discuss a range of … mechanisms, including nonlinear income effects, credit restrictions, nutritional traps, public goods provision, and relative … deprivation. I review the evidence on the effects of income inequality on the rate of decline of mortality over time, on …

have low family income, and have either poor health or an insufficient level of education. These individuals are some of … force participation. Indeed, 49% of individuals in freedom poverty who were out of the labour force cited ill health as the …A little over one million individuals in Australia between the ages of 24 and 64 years are in Freedom poverty – they …