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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …