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Health inequalities and developmentTheme: 2006-07
The purpose of this project was to investigate issues related to health inequality. Although health is an important indicator of overall wellbeing, it is only recently that research has focused on health inequality. This project brings forth issues...
Poverty Inequality and Well-being HealthWorking Paper
Longevity in Russia's Regions: Do Poverty and Low Public Health Spending Kill?This paper examines the impact of changes in poverty and public health spending on inter-temporal variations in longevity using a unique regional-level dataset that covers 77 regions of Russia over the period 1994-2000...
Health care Life expectancy Panel analysisWorking Paper
Income-based Measures of Average Well-beingInternational comparisons of average national incomes omit important information about leisure, home production, health, etc. They are also bedevilled by index number problems...
Comparative economics Income Index numbers (Economics)Book Chapter
Rural and Urban Income Inequality and Poverty: Does Convergence Between Sectors Offset Divergence within Them?From the book: Inequality, Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization
Consumption (Economics) Equality and inequality Life expectancyBook Chapter
Convergence Clubs in Cross-Country Life Expectancy DynamicsFrom the book: Perspectives on Growth and Poverty
Distribution (Economic theory) Economic growth HealthWorking Paper
Convergence Clubs in Cross-Country Life Expectancy DynamicsI model life expectancy in terms of physical and human capital and technology, the fundamental economic variables described by economic growth theories...
Distribution (Economic theory) Economic growth HealthWorking Paper
Rural-Urban Dimensions of Inequality ChangeFor developing and transitional countries we explore trends in rural-urban, intrarural and intraurban inequality of income, poverty risk, health and education...
Consumption (Economics) Equality and inequality Life expectancyBook Chapter
The Transition Mortality Crisis: Evidence, Interpretation and Policy ResponsesFrom the book: The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
Comparative economics Life expectancy WarBook Chapter
Mortality Crises in a Historical Perspective: The European ExperienceFrom the book: The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
Sociological aspects (Families) Health Life expectancyBook Chapter
Short-term, Long-term, and Hysteresis Mortality Models: A ReviewFrom the book: The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
Health Life expectancy PopulationBook Chapter
Psychosocial and Biological Mechanisms Behind the Recent Mortality Crisis in Central and Eastern EuropeFrom the book: The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
Biology, Economic Sociological aspects (Economics) Life expectancyBook Chapter
Population Crisis and Rising Mortality in Transitional RussiaFrom the book: The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
Emigration and immigration Life expectancy PopulationBook Chapter
The Mortality Consequences of the Transition to Market Economy in Latvia, 1991–1995From the book: The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
Health care Life expectancy Post-communismBook Chapter
The Decline of Mortality in the Czech Republic During the Transition: A Counterfactual Case StudyFrom the book: The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
Life expectancy Poverty UnemploymentBook Chapter
The Impact of Income Dynamics on Mortality in the United StatesFrom the book: The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
Economic growth Equality and inequality HouseholdsWorking Paper
Unemployment, Labour Policies and Health in Transition: Evidence from KazakhstanA sharp rise in unemployment and a sharp rise in mortality have been two recurrent aspects of the process of transition...
Labor policy Life expectancy Macroeconomics