understanding of both the processes and causal paths that underlie the intricate relationship between health and wealth (income … health does not have to wait for an improved economy; rather, measures to reduce the burden of disease, to give children … the traditional and emerging perspectives on the health-income relationship, this literature review presents a non …

The authors investigate the desirability of income taxes when the objective is to mitigate wasteful conspicuous … income distribution matters) inequality and taxation are substitutes. Instead, when status is cardinal (i.e., also the shape … of the income distribution matters) inequality and taxation can be complements, although the relationship is in general …

surveying the attitudes of over 3000 people to risk, income inequality over space and income inequality over time. The results …

estimates reveal that income premium of four-year university education is about 97 percent above that of high school education …

ethnically diverse neighbourhoods being in the lowest income categories but higher probabilities of being in medium and higher … income categories. The largest effects are the reduced probabilities of respondents reporting no income, and are thus … particularly relevant to poverty reduction. At the limit, their estimates imply an income gap of more than 20 per cent between a …