integrates risk into the standard inequality measurement which measures the extent to which disparities in realized health are … systematically associated with income. It develops a rank dependent inequality index that considers not only inequalities in expected …

exploration of the pathways through which socioeconomic background relates to income-related health inequality. This novel … heterogeneity and smoking persistence, showing that the largest contributions to the pro-rich smoking inequality come from years of … standard approach. Once applying the suggested extension, socioeconomic background contributes indirectly to the inequality …