different dimensions, we explore the role of average improvements and distributional changes in children's health and nutrition …

measures of health such as morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy. It also avoids measurement problems associated with using …. We rely on standardized height as our health indicator since it avoids the measurement pitfalls of more traditional …This study explores global inequality in health status and decomposes it into within- and between-country inequality …

Social stress can cause physical and mental harm. It is therefore not surprising that public health policy makers have … coefficient coincides with increasing social stress. If the aim of public policy is to improve public health and increase social …

Social stress can cause physical and mental harm. It is therefore not surprising that public health policy makers have … coefficient coincides with increasing social stress. If the aim of public policy is to improve public health and increase social …

Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist …

: education of household members; childhood and youth conditions; health; employment; and access to household utilities and living …

opportunity should have. Standard methods for the measurement of inequality of opportunity require the construction of …