High parity tends to be associated with socioeconomic disadvantage, which is widely believed to be a risk factor for low birth weight. Using a fixed-effects approach (comparing children of the same mother born within the five-year period preceding Demographic and Health Surveys), this paper...

There is still much uncertainty about the impact of income inequality on health and mortality. Some studies have supported the original hypothesis about adverse effects, while others have shown no effects. One problem in these investigations is that there are many factors that may affect both...