Background: Reducing inequalities in health is a great challenge for public health, but how relative and absolute inequalities in mortality respond to changes in mortality by socioeconomic group is ...

本综述系统梳理北欧国家社会经济健康不平等（socioeconomic health inequalities）的现状与演变，指出其呈现相对不平等扩大（relative inequalities）与绝对不平等（absolute inequalities）并存的“北欧悖论”（Nordic paradox），并探讨根本原因理论（FCT）和生命历程累积优劣势 ...

Background: The evidence on mortality patterns by education in Spain comes from regional areas. This study aimed to estimate these patterns in the whole Spanish population. Methods: All citizens aged ...

With President Obama hitting the road to do what he does best (making campaign-style speeches to friendly audiences), we are sure to hear a lot about income inequality over the next several months. As ...

In 2017, a widely publicized paper by a research team led by Harvard economist Raj Chetty found that while the vast majority of American kids born in 1940 ended up better off at age 30 than their ...

It is important to understand levels and social inequalities in childhood overweight within and between countries. This study examined prevalence and social inequality in adolescent overweight in 35 ...

A new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) offers new proof that many of America's poorest citizens are doing better than they were 14 years ago. Between 1991 and 2005, the average annual ...

For many, economic inequality has become something of an obsession. Prominent figures, from the Pope to the former president, have identified inequality as the singular social problem. Making matters ...

Much recent unrest, such as the "yellow-vest" protests in France and the US "Abolish the Super-Rich" campaign, is not against inequality per se, but reflects perceptions of changing inequalities. Most ...

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