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Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Deaton, Angus - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2008
components of well-being, such as economic status, health, family circumstances, and even human and political rights. Layard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150055
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Adult height and childhood disease
Bozzoli, Carlos; Deaton, Angus; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2008
, adult height has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between health and wealth. We investigate the … nutrition and disease is not only responsible for mortality in childhood but also leaves a residue of long-term health risks for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150184
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Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Deaton, Angus - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2008
components of well-being, such as economic status, health, family circumstances, and even human and political rights. Layard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558597
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Measuring Poverty
Deaton, Angus - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2005) 1
Although we have more data than ever before at our disposal, measuring poverty remains a controversial issue. This paper discusses the ambiguity that arises from using different definitions and data sources in world poverty measurement. It opens with a critical review of the different procedures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004993569
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Adult height and childhood disease
Bozzoli, Carlos; Deaton, Angus; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2008
, adult height has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between health and wealth. We investigate the … nutrition and disease is not only responsible for mortality in childhood but also leaves a residue of long-term health risks for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738476
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What does the empirical evidence tell us about the injustice of health inequalities?
Deaton, Angus - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2011
Whether or not health inequalities are unjust, as well as how to address them, depends on how they are caused. I review … a range of health inequalities, between men and women, between aristocrats and commoners, between blacks and whites, and … judgments about whether or not each inequality is unjust. Health inequalities that come from medical innovation are among the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150086
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Instruments, randomization, and learning about development
Deaton, Angus - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2010
There is currently much debate about the effectiveness of foreign aid and about what kind of projects can engender economic development. There is skepticism about the ability of econometric analysis to resolve these issues, or of development agencies to learn from their own experience. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150219
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What does the empirical evidence tell us about the injustice of health inequalities?
Deaton, Angus - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
Whether or not health inequalities are unjust, as well as how to address them, depends on how they are caused. I review … a range of health inequalities, between men and women, between aristocrats and commoners, between blacks and whites, and … judgments about whether or not each inequality is unjust. Health inequalities that come from medical innovation are among the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150225
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Price indexes, inequality, and the measurement of world poverty
Deaton, Angus - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2010
I discuss the measurement of world poverty and inequality, with particular attention to the role of PPP price indexes from the International Comparison Project. Global inequality increased with the latest revision of the ICP, and this reduced the global poverty line relative to the US dollar....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150254
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Price Indexes, Inequality, and the Measurement of World Poverty
Deaton, Angus - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 1, pp. 5-34
I discuss the measurement of world poverty and inequality, with particular attention to the role of purchasing power parity (PPP) price indexes from the International Comparison Project. Global inequality increased with the latest revision of the ICP, and this reduced the global poverty line...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622175