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Analysts who have concluded that inequality in life expectancy is increasing have generally focused on life expectancy … in poorer areas with the result that inequality in mortality has fallen substantially over time. This is an important … that today's children are likely to face considerably less inequality in mortality as they age than current adults. We also …
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Social scientists have long documented that many components of socioeconomic status such as income and education have strong ties across generations. However, health status, arguably a more critical component of welfare, has largely been ignored. We fill this void by providing the first...
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We examine changes in inequality in socio-emotional skills very early in life in two British cohorts born 30 years … factor analysis, we establish comparability in the inequality of these early skills across cohorts, but not in their average … level. We document for the first time that inequality in socio-emotional skills has increased across cohorts, especially for …
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We examine changes in inequality in socio-emotional skills very early in life in two British cohorts born 30 years … factor analysis, we establish comparability in the inequality of these early skills across cohorts, but not in their average … level. We document for the first time that inequality in socio-emotional skills has increased across cohorts, especially for …
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Covid-19 and the measures taken to contain it have led to unprecedented constraints on work and leisure activities, across the world. This paper uses nationally representative surveys to document how people of different ages and incomes have been affected across six countries (China, South...
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Using administrative data on incomes and healthcare spending, we develop new evidence on the distribution of healthcare spending in Hungary. We document substantial geographic heterogeneity and a positive association between income and public healthcare spending.
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The paper gives us a first look on the unique effects of the crisis on the Arab minority in Israel. It contributes to our understanding on how economic and epidemic crises affect marginalized ethnic minorities and informs decision makers while formulating policies to deal with the crisis's...
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Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported victimizations, we find sharp and discontinuous increases in victimization rates at these ages: about 13% for both genders at 16 and 9% (15%) for males (females) at 18. These results are...
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To test for ethnic discrimination in access to outpatient health care services, we carry out an email-correspondence study in Germany. We approach 3,224 physician offices in the 79 largest cities in Germany with fictitious appointment requests and randomized patients' characteristics. We find...
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-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade …
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