particular cardiovascular health, and fairness of pay. … cardiovascular health. We further test potential adverse health effects of unfair pay using data from a large representative data set …. Complementary to our experimental findings we find a strong and highly significant association between health outcomes, in …

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. While most of the inequality originates from the labour market, wealth – and thus capital income – is also highly … towards universal health coverage, the financing and organisation of the health care system could be improved to raise the …

developing countries. Our empirical analysis challenges the widely held view that inequality matters more for health in richer …We assess the effect of income inequality on life expectancy by performing separate estimations for developed and … countries than for health in poorer countries. Employing panel cointegration and conventional panel regressions, we find that …

This Working Paper examines income-related inequalities in health care service utilisation in OECD countries. It … comparing results with the previous study, as data permit. Health system financing arrangements are examined to see how these … might affect inequalities in health service use.<BR>Ce document de travail examine les inégalités liées aux revenus dans l …

Countries differ widely with respect to the level of labour income inequality among individuals of working age. Labour … income inequality is shaped by differences in wage rates, hours worked and inactivity rates. Individual labour income … inequality is the main driver of household market income inequality, with family formation as well as self-employment and capital …

A Note on the Evolution of Inequality in Poland, 1992-99 (reprinted from Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 27, No. 5 …, 2003, pp. 755-768, by permission of Cambridge Political Economy Society) Income inequality in Poland, after falling over … losers. While the overall position of wage-earners improved, wage inequality increased sharply in the second half of the 1990 …

Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has …-tested minimum income. Sustaining universal access to good health care is also essential. Well-designed activation policies are … critical to social fairness. Reforms by the government in many of these areas are welcome and need to continue …

The paper analyses economic inequality in Croatia in comparison with other transition economies of Central, East and … of income inequality. The decomposition analysis of the period 2000-2006 shows that, although the concentration of income … from paid employment was rising, overall stability of income inequality was due to a reduction of the more unequally …