Teaching health in an era of inequality

Iris Buder and Jake Jennings

International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1/2, 50-68

Abstract: With rising inequalities in the USA health disparities are also increasing, which is especially pronounced when viewed by racial/ethnic group and by socio-economic status. This paper provides an outline for instructing on these disparities, and specifically their impact on health outcomes.

Keywords: health disparities; socio-economic status; SES; income inequality; teaching inequality; economics education; United States healthcare; mortality; morbidity; health/wealth gradient; Gini index; income distribution; social policy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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