distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence …-health’s contribution to income inequality is difficult to gauge. Variation in exposure to health risks early in life could be an important … mechanism through which health may generate and possibly sustain economic inequality. If material advantage can be exercised …

in poverty and income inequality, up to 2010 or 2011 in most countries. We provide measures of the levels and trends in … income inequality, and inequality among those with top incomes. …

distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … difficult to gauge the magnitude of the contribution this makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks … inequality. If material advantage can be excercised within the domain of health, then economic inequality will generate health …

After much empirical documentation of patterns of inequality, we address in this paper the need for a convincing … interpretation of the causes of inequality in advanced countries. We set the current debate in the context of the evolution of ideas … on inequality, including the debate on Thomas Piketty's book. We argue that four 'engines of inequality' can be …

This paper is the first to compare global trends in income and wealth inequality this century. It is based on large … coefficient, inequality between countries accounts for about two-thirds of global income inequality, but noticeably less - around … one half - of wealth inequality. Broadly similar results are found for different years and different inequality indices …

Since the late twentieth century there has been a growing interest in academic and political circles on inequality. In … research about Inequality since the 1950s; (ii) the development of a new method of analysis that combines (ii-a) a quantitative …

Although it is often argued that wealth inequality matters more for economic growth than income inequality, this … timeframe. Leveraging hitherto unexploited wealth inequality data from the World Inequality Database, covering a panel of 165 … at the top of the distribution and economic growth. A one standard deviation increase in wealth inequality within …