We discuss the conceptual foundations of measuring (in)equity in health and health care. After an overview of the recent developments in the measurement of socioeconomic inequalities and in racial disparities, we show how these partial approaches can be seen as special cases of the more general...

This paper examines the relationship between inequality and discrimination. Using a simple model of competitive signaling, this paper shows that income inequality induces discrimination against low-income group. The influence of income is intergenerational, from parents to the children. This...