measurement scale, by providing formal proofs of several issues in the debate, and by lifting the curtain on the confusing debate … between adherents of absolute versus relative health differences. We end this paper with a matrix that provides guidelines on …

This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income … of income and health using procedures that are robust to aggregation techniques. The paper's approach is more general … than comparisons of health gradients and does not require the estimation of health equivalent incomes. We illustrate the …

This paper measures inequality of opportunity in adult health in Colombia using the 2010 Living Standards and Social …-reported variable for health status. The Shapley-value decomposition is then used to estimate the contribution of early … adult health …

This paper extends the earlier work of Davillas and Jones (2021) on socioeconomic inequality in mental health, measured … by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), to include the second national lockdown up to March 2021. …

We present a comprehensive analysis of ex ante inequality of opportunity (IOp) in health among Chinese adults aged 60 … China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) linked with the 2014 CHARLS Life History Survey. We use a range of … for between 3.75% and 29.57% of total health inequality in old age across the range of biomarkers. Shapley …

investigation. I use data from the third round of India's National Fertility and Health survey to explore these issues. The most …

This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income … of income and health using procedures that are robust to aggregation techniques. The paper's approach is more general … than comparisons of health gradients and does not require the estimation of health equivalent incomes. We illustrate the …

We measure unfair health inequality in the UK using a novel data-driven empirical approach. We explain health … variability as the result of circumstances beyond individual control and health-related behaviours. We do this using model … partitioning does identify social groups with different expected levels of health but also unveils the heterogeneity of the …

psychological distress, measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Waves 9 and the Interim 2019 Wave) and during … their peak level in April and chronic health conditions, housing conditions, and neighbourhood characteristics increased …