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We use a set of biomarkers to measure inequality of opportunity (IOp) in health in the UK. Applying a direct ex ante … IOp approach, we find that inequalities in health attributed to circumstances account for a non-trivial part of the total … health variation. For example, observed circumstances account for 20% of the total inequalities in our composite measure of …
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This paper aims to investigate the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years … examine the pattern of child health inequality. The results of the anthropometric measures show that 1.5% of children in … general disparity in child health is low across demographic characteristics. Inequality of opportunity in Tunisia is …
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special session held at the International Conference on Urban Health, Dhaka 2015. We present an overview of the need for data … on urban health for planning and allocating resources to address urban inequities. Such data needs to provide information … urban health inequities. We then present two novel approaches aimed at improving the information on the health of the urban …
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Until recently, there has been a consensus among empirical health economists that there is an association between … income inequality and individual health, in line with Wilkinson's (1992) idea that the psychosocial effects of the former are … effect of country-level income inequality on individuals' health. It is shown that income inequality, whether measured at the …
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on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low relative humidity also have effects. The use of climate change … effects of extreme weather. Mothers' education, sanitation access and health care assistance to pregnant women represent the … main instruments for addressing neonatal health problems …
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The Appalachian Region has made progress in the various measures of development but still lags behind other national counterparts. Understanding the relationship between poverty and income inequality is important to evaluate how a development strategy would benefit the region. This paper...
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The Appalachian Region has made progress in the various measures of development but still lags behind other national counterparts. Understanding the relationship between poverty and income inequality is important to evaluate how a development strategy would benefit the region. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929373