adulthood in Europe. As childhood circumstances represent unfair sources of inequality, these results give an empirical …This analysis aims to understand the role and the extent of childhood circumstances in current inequality in health … European countries are measured using the popular concentration index. We then implement the decomposition method of the …

its decomposition, socio-economic inequalities of tobacco consumption grouped by gender were estimated. The concentration … smokers was 0.039 (men 0.033; women 0.038). The majority of the inequality could be explained by educational attainment, age …

its decomposition, socio-economic inequalities of tobacco consumption grouped by gender were estimated. The concentration … smokers was 0.039 (men 0.033; women 0.038). The majority of the inequality could be explained by educational attainment, age …

-related inequalities in obesity. By use of the concentration index and decomposition techniques we answer the following questions: 1) Does … obesity inequality favour or disfavour the poor? 2) What factors explain this inequality at different points in time? 3) How … can the pattern of inequality over time be explained? We find that among females, inequalities in obesity favour the rich …