This paper deals with the issue of using infant and childhood mortality as an indicator of inequality. The case is that … mortality rates and also a reduction in the absolute levels of differences across socioeconomic groups, relative inequality has …

This paper deals with the issue of using infant and childhood mortality as an indicator of inequality. The case is that … mortality rates and also a reduction in the absolute levels of differences across socioeconomic groups, relative inequality has …

We argue that economic inequality harms social provisions for the poor, but that higher political competition can … inequality causes more post-neonatal infant deaths, but only when there is weak political competition. We further show that … government health centers located in constituencies with low political competition and high inequality are disfavored, indicating …