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, combining cross-national survey (WVS) evidence and data from two laboratory experiments - conducted in the United States and … greater propensity toward self-serving dishonesty, and that this effect is distinct from the effect of inequality. Both the …
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. We develop algorithms for maximizing aggregate match-effectiveness subject to fairness and distributional constraints …
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This paper provides a broad picture of national, regional and global trends of inequality in length of life over the … of inequality measures for 201 countries at five-year intervals over the period under analysis. We estimate both absolute … and relative inequality measures which have the property of being additively decomposable. This property makes the …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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We introduce a measure of population health that is sensitive to dispersion in both agespecific health and lifespan …. The measure generalises health-adjusted life expectancy without requiring more data. A transformation of change in the … measure gives a distributionally sensitive monetary valuation of change in population health and disease burden. Application …
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distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence …’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 …
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causes of the violent crime in society. The second is to stress the importance of the concept of socioeconomic inequality … that can negatively affect mental health and induce violence, controlling the climate factor. In fact, a fundamental … the climate, the socioeconomic inequality at country level negatively affects human functioning and leads to high rates of …
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This paper provides a broad picture of national, regional and global trends of inequality in length of life over the … of inequality measures for 201 countries at five-year intervals over the period under analysis. We estimate both absolute … and relative inequality measures which have the property of being additively decomposable. This property makes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942876