We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries … represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than … expenditure in India, especially at the top of the distribution. Both types of inequality are similar in China, although …

increases in wealth inequality have passed through to consumption. Repeating this exercise in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics …A method to impute consumption expenditure inequality between wealth groups in the Survey of Consumer Finances is … provided, allowing for measurement error that is correlated with income and wealth. Identification is derived from observing …

inequality. In high income countries, the evidence that income (wealth) does have a causal impact on health in adulthood is weak … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … difficult to gauge the magnitude of the contribution this makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks …