Health inequalities by education, income, and wealth: a comparison of 11 European countries and the US

Hendrik Jürges ()
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Hendrik Jürges: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Postal: Amalienstr. 33, D-80799 Munich
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No 7140, MEA discussion paper series from Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy

Abstract: I compare education-, income-, and wealth-related health inequality using data from 11 European countries and the US. The health distributions in the US, England and France are relatively unequal independent of the stratifying variable, while Switzerland or Austria always have relatively equal distributions. Some countries such as Italy dramatically change ranks depending on the stratifying variable.

Date: 2007-07-16
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Journal Article: Health inequalities by education, income and wealth: a comparison of 11 European countries and the US (2010)
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