human capital, social capital, and health outcomes are critically examined for a low income country, India. If individuals … likely to have health problems and are therefore physically healthier. In an attempt to test the so-called relationship … impact upon social capital, which in turn enhances self-reported health. Secondly, we provide a comparison of three main …

Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care … are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …

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 …