Objective–To examine the relation between health outcomes and the equality with which income is distributed in the United States. Design–The degree of income inequality, defined as the percentage of total household income received by the less well off 5001. of households, and changes in income inequality were calculated for the 50 states in 1980 and… Continue reading Inequality in income and mortality in the United States: analysis of mortality and potential pathways
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Macro-to-micro links in the relation between income inequality and mortality
A growing literature points to links between income inequality and mortality. Any examination of the link should distinguish, both theoretically and empirically, between shifts in inequality that result from changes in the bottom and top of the income distribution. When state-level data from the U.S. censuses of 1980 and 1990 were used to measure differences… Continue reading Macro-to-micro links in the relation between income inequality and mortality