Widening economic inequality in the USA has been accompanied by increasing disparities
in health outcomes. The life expectancy of the wealthiest Americans now exceeds that of the …

Income inequality in the USA has increased over the past four decades. Socioeconomic
gaps in survival have also increased. Life expectancy has risen among middle-income and …

The annual National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports document widespread and
persistent racial and ethnic disparities. These disparities result from complex interactions …

Self-Reported Population Health: An International Perspective based on EQ-5D Page 1 Agota
Szende Bas Janssen Juan Cabases Editors Self-Reported Population Health: An International …

It has long been known that despite well-documented improvements in longevity for most
Americans, alarming disparities persist among racial groups and between the well-educated …

Using a variety of data sets from two countries, we examine possible explanations for the
relationship between education and health behaviors, known as the education gradient. We …

The pleasures of life are worth nothing if one is not alive to experience them. Through the
twentieth century in the United States and other high-income countries, growth in real …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and
poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable …

ABSTRACT A growing body of work suggests that education offers a wide-range of benefits
that extend beyond increases in labor market productivity. Improvements in education can …

This chapter explores the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical
and empirical perspectives. Examples of outcomes considered include general consumption …