Health, Inequality and Economic Development

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  • 1 January 2016
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Abstract
This article explores the connection between income inequality and health in both, poor and rich countries. Mechanisms like non-linear income effects, credit restrictions, nutritional traps, public goods provision, and relative deprivation. It reviews the effects of income inequality on the rate of decline of mortality over time, the geographical patterns of mortality, and individual-level mortality. The article concludes that there is no direct link from income inequality to ill-health; people are no more likely to die if they live in more unequal places

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