Wealth inequality and health: A political economy perspective

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-424

  Nowatzki, Nadine R ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84864587879     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.42.3.c     Document Type: Article

References (77)

1. Lynch, J., et al. Is income inequality a determinant of population health? Part I. A systematic review. Milbank Q. 82(1):5-99, 2004, doi:10.1111/j.0887-378X.2004. 00302.x. (Pubitemid 38507309)
2. Macinko, J. A., et al. Income inequality and health: A critical review of the literature. Med. Care Res. Rev. 60(4):407-452, 2003, doi:10.1177/ 1077558703257169.
3. Subramanian, S. V., and Kawachi, I. Income inequality and health: What have we learned so far? Epidemiol. Rev. 26:78-91, 2004, doi:10.1093/epirev/ mxh003. (Pubitemid 38856478)
4. Braveman, P. A., et al. Socioeconomic status in health research: One size does not fit all. JAMA 294:2879-2888, 2005, doi:10.1001/jama.294.22.2879. (Pubitemid 41785869)
5. Lynch, J., and Kaplan, G. A. Socioeconomic position. In Social Epidemiology, ed. L. Berkman and I. Kawachi. Oxford University Press, New York, 2000.
6. Gottschalk, P., and Smeeding, T. Empirical evidence on income inequality in industrialized countries. In Handbook of Income Distribution, ed. A. B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000.
7. Davies, J. B., et al. Estimating the Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth. Research paper No. 2007/77. UNI-WIDER, Helsinki, 2007. www.wider.unu. edu/publications/working-papers/research-papers/2007/en-GB/ rp2007-77 (accessed November 24, 2011).
8. Sierminska, E., Brandolini, A., and Smeeding, T. Comparing Wealth Distribution Across Rich Countries: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study. Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper Series, No. 1. LIS, Luxembourg, 2006. www.lisdata center.org/working-papers (accessed November 24, 2011).
9. Wolff, E. International comparisons of wealth inequality. Rev. Income Wealth 42: 433-451, 1996, doi:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1996.tb00193.x.
10. Keister, L. A., and Moller, S. Wealth inequality in the United States. Annu. Rev. Sociol. 26:63-81, 2000, doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.26.1.63.
11. Wolff, E. Recent trends in the size and distribution of household wealth. J. Econ. Perspect. 12(3):131-150, 1998. (Pubitemid 128458867)
12. Wolff, E. Top Heavy: The Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America and What Can Be Done About It, Ed. 2. The New Press, New York, 2002.
13. Judge, K., Mulligan, J. A., and Benzeval, M. Income inequality and population health. Soc. Sci. Med. 46:567-579, 1998, doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(97) 00204-9. (Pubitemid 28024896)
14. Wilkinson, R., and Pickett, K. E. Income inequality and population health: A review and explanation of the evidence. Soc. Sci. Med. 62:1768-1784, 2006, doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.036. (Pubitemid 43243272)
15. Chawla, R. K. Wealth inequality by province. Perspect. Labour Income 5(4):13-20, 2004.
16. Shapiro, T. M. The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality. Oxford University Press, New York, 2004.
17. Spilerman, S. Wealth and stratification processes. Annu. Rev. Sociol. 26:497-524, 2000, doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.26.1.497.
18. McNamee, S. J., and Miller Jr., R. K. Inheritance and stratification. In Inheritance and Wealth in America, ed. R. Miller and S. McNamee. Plenum Press, New York, 1998.
19. Brittain, J. A. Inheritance and the Inequality of Material Wealth. The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1978.
20. Phillips, K. Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich. Broadway Books, New York, 2002.
21. Wright, E. O. Reducing income and wealth inequality: Real utopian proposals. Contemp. Sociol. 29:143-156, 2000.
22. Domhoff, G. W. The policy-formation network. In Who Rules America: Power and Politics in the Year 2000. Mayfield Publishing, London, 1998.
23. Forcese, D. The Canadian Class Structure, Ed. 4. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1997.
24. Gates Sr., W. H., and Collins, C. Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes. Beacon Press, Boston, 2004.
25. Collins, C., and Muhammad, D. Tax wealth to broaden wealth. In The Wealth Inequality Reader, Ed. 3, ed. Dollars and Sense and United for a Fair Economy. Dollars and Sense and Economic Affairs Bureau, Boston, 2008.
26. Hacker, J. S., and Pierson, P. Winner-take-all politics: Public policy, political organization, and the precipitous rise of top incomes in the United States. Polit. Soc. 38:152-204, 2010, doi:10.1177/0032329210365042.
27. Picketty, T., and Saez, E. How progressive is the U.S. federal tax system? A historical and international perspective. J. Econ. Perspect. 21:3-24, 2007, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/089533007780095538.
28. Conley, D. Being black, living in the red: Race, wealth, and social policy in America. In Wealth and Poverty in America: A Reader, ed. D. Conley. Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2003.
29. Oliver, M. L., and Shapiro, T. M. Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality, Ed. 2. Routledge, New York, 2006.
30. Oliver, M. L., and Shapiro, T. M. Wealth of a nation: A reassessment of asset inequality in America shows at least one third of households are asset-poor. Am. J. Econ. Sociol. 49(2):129-151, 1990, doi:10.1111/j.1536-7150. 1990.tb02268.x.
31. Pollack, C. E., et al. Should health studies measure wealth? A systematic review. Am. J. Prev. Med. 33:250-264, 2007, doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2007.04.033. (Pubitemid 47362558)
32. Lobmayer, P., and Wilkinson, R. Income, inequality and mortality in 14 developed countries. Sociol. Health Illn. 22:401-414, 2000, doi:10.1111/1467- 9566.00211.
33. Lynch, J., et al. Income inequality, the psychosocial environment, and health: Comparisons of wealthy nations. The Lancet 358:194-200, 2001, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05407-1. (Pubitemid 32718543)
34. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD Health Data 2009: Frequently Requested Data. Paris, 2009.
35. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Pensions at a Glance: Public Policies across OECD Countries. Paris, 2005.
36. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD Stat Extracts. Paris, 2010. stats.oecd.org/index.aspx (accessed November 24, 2011).
37. Huber, E., et al. Comparative Welfare States Data Set. Northwestern University, University of North Carolina, Duke University, and Indiana University, 2004. www.lisdatacenter.org/resources/other-databases (accessed November 24, 2011).
38. Inter-parliamentary Union. Statistical Archive of Women in National Parliaments, September to December 2000. Geneva, 2000. www.ipu.org (accessed November 24, 2011).
39. Field, A. Discovering Statistics Using SPSS, Ed. 3. Sage, Los Angeles, 2009.
40. Macinko, J. A., Shi, L., and Starfield, B. Wage inequality, the health system, and infant mortality in wealthy industrialized countries, 1970-1996. Soc. Sci. Med. 58(2):279-292, 2004, doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00200-4. (Pubitemid 37355984)
41. Mellor, J. M., and Milyo, J. Re-examining the evidence of an ecological association between income inequality and health. J. Health Polit. Pol. Law 26:487-522, 2001, doi:10.1215/03616878-26-3-487. (Pubitemid 32538739)
42. Muntaner, C., et al. Economic inequality, working-class power, social capital, and cause-specific mortality in wealthy countries. Int. J. Health Serv. 32:629-656, 2002. (Pubitemid 35304027)
43. Lundberg, O., et al. The role of welfare state principles and generosity in social policy programmes for public health: An international comparative study. The Lancet 372:1633-1640, 2008, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61686-4.
44. Heston, A., Summers, R., and Aten, B. Penn World Table Version 6.2. University of Pennsylvania, Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices, Pittsburgh, 2006.
45. Wennemo, I. Infant mortality, public policy and inequality: A comparison of 18 industrialized countries 1950-1985. Sociol. Health Illn. 15:429-446, 1993, doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.1993.tb00354.x.
46. Coburn, D. Beyond the income inequality hypothesis: Class, neo-liberalism, and health inequalities. Soc. Sci. Med. 51:41-56, 2004, doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00159-X. (Pubitemid 37336460)
47. Palme, J. Pension Rights in Welfare Capitalism: The Development of Old Age Pensions in 18 OECD Countries 1930-1985. Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm, 1990.
48. Chung, H., and Muntaner, C. Political and welfare state determinants of infant and child health indicators: An analysis of wealthy countries. Soc. Sci. Med. 63:829-842, 2006, doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.030. (Pubitemid 43831428)
49. Conley, D., and Springer, K. Welfare state and infant mortality. Am. J. Sociol. 107:768-807, 2001, doi:10.1086/374818.
50. Raphael, D., and Bryant, T. The welfare state as a determinant of women's health: Support for women's quality of life in Canada and four comparison nations. Health Policy 68:63-79, 2004, doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2003.08.003. (Pubitemid 38373611)
51. Jäntti, M., Sierminska, E., and Smeeding, T. The Joint Distribution of Household Income and Wealth: Evidence from the Luxembourg Wealth Study. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers. OECD, Paris, 2008. www.oecd.org/dataoecd/2/40/ 40774821.pdf (accessed November 24, 2011).
52. Klevmarken, N. A. The Distribution of Wealth in Sweden: Trends and Driving Factors. Paper presented at the conference Steigende Wirtschaftliche ungleichheit bei steigendem Reichtum? Vienna, November 7, 2005. www.nek.uu.se/pdf/wp2006-04.pdf (accessed November 24, 2011).
53. Sierminska, E., Brandolini, A., and Smeeding, T. The Luxembourg Wealth Study: A cross-country comparable database for household wealth research. J. Econ. Inequal. 4:375-383, 2006, doi:10.1007/s10888-006-9030-z. (Pubitemid 44597081)
54. Leach, M., et al. Wealth, inheritance, and property. In The Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database of Institutions that Build Economic Security and Asset Holdings. Version 1, 2008. LIS, Luxembourg, 2008. www.lisdatacenter.org/ resources/otherdatabases (accessed November 24, 2011).
55. Bezruchka, S., Namekata, T., and Gilson Sistrom, M. Improving economic equality and health: The case of postwar Japan. Am. J. Public Health 98:589-594, 2008, doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.116012. (Pubitemid 351573676)
56. Baker, M. Restructuring Family Policies: Convergences and Divergences. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2006.
57. Allen, J., et al. Housing and Welfare in Southern Europe. Blackwell, Oxford, 2004.
58. Bernardi, F., and Poggio, T. Home ownership and social inequality in Italy. In Home Ownership and Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective, ed. K. Kurz and H. P. Blossfeld. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 2004.
59. Kurz, K., and Blossfeld, H. P. Summary and conclusions. In Home Ownership and Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective, ed. K. Kurz and H. P. Blossfeld. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 2004.
60. Cabré Pla, A., and Módenes Cabrerizo, J. A. Home ownership and social inequality in Spain. In Home Ownership and Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective, ed. K. Kurz and H. P. Blossfeld. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 2004.
61. Bradbury, B., and Yates, J. Home Ownership as a (Crumbling) Fourth Pillar of Social Insurance in Australia. Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper Series, No. 8. LIS, Luxembourg, 2009. www.lisdatacenter.org/working-papers (accessed November 24, 2011).
62. Pierson, C., and Castles, F. G. Australian antecedents of the Third Way. Polit. Stud. 50:683-702, 2002, doi:10.1111/1467-9248.00002.
63. Alvaredo, F., and Saez, E. Income and wealth concentration in Spain from a historical and fiscal perspective. J. Eur. Econ. Assoc. 7:1140-1167, 2009, doi:10.1162/JEEA. 2009.7.5.1140.
64. Börsch-Supan, A., and Lusardi, A. Saving: A cross national perspective. In Life Cycle Savings and Public Policy: A Cross-National Study of Six Countries, ed. A. Börsch-Supan. Academic Press, San Diego, 2003.
65. Nettleton, S., and Burrows, R. Mortgage debt, insecure home ownership and health: An exploratory analysis. Sociol. Health Illn. 20:731-753, 1998, doi:10.1111/1467-9566.00127. (Pubitemid 128127315)
66. Börsch-Supan, A. (ed.). Life Cycle Savings and Public Policy: A Cross-National Study of Six Countries. Academic Press, San Diego, 2003.
67. Brugiavini, A., and Padula, M. Household saving behavior and pension policies in Italy. In Life Cycle Savings and Public Policy: A Cross-National Study of Six Countries, ed. A. Börsch-Supan. Academic Press, San Diego, 2003.
68. Kitamura, Y., Takayama, N., and Arita, F. Household savings and wealth distribution in Japan. In Life Cycle Savings and Public Policy: A Cross-National Study of Six Countries, ed. A. Börsch-Supan. Academic Press, San Diego, 2003.
69. Blakely, T., et al. What is the lag time between income inequality and health status? J. Epidemiol. Community Health 54:318-319, 2000, doi:10.1136/jech.54.4.318. (Pubitemid 30153694)
70. Segall, A., and Chappell, N. L. Health and Health Care in Canada. Prentice Hall, Toronto, 2000.
71. Ritakallio, V. M. The importance of housing costs in cross-national comparisons of welfare (state) outcomes. Int. Soc. Sec. Rev. 56(2):81-101, 2003, doi:10.1111/1468-246X.00159.
72. Smeeding, T., Magri, S., and Brandolini, A. Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty. Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper Series, No. 10. LIS, Luxembourg, 2010. www.lisdatacenter.org/working-papers (accessed November 24, 2011).
73. Kerstetter, S. Rags and Riches: Wealth Inequality in Canada. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, 2003.
74. Haslett, D. W. Distributive justice and inheritance. In Is Inheritance Legitimate? Ethical and Economic Aspects ofWealth Transfers, ed. G. Erreygers and T. Vandevelde. Springer, Berlin, 1997.
75. Jackson, A. Why Charity Isn't Enough: The Case For Raising Taxes On Canada's Rich. Alternative Federal Budget 2008, Technical Report One. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, 2007.
76. Frank, E. No more savings: The case for social wealth. In The Wealth Inequality Reader, Ed. 2, ed. Dollars and Sense and United for a Fair Economy. Dollars and Sense and Economic Affairs Bureau, Boston, 2008.
77. Starfield, B., and Birn, A. E. Income redistribution is not enough: Income inequality, social welfare programs, and achieving equity in health. J. Epidemiol. Community Health 61:1038-1041, 2007, doi:10.1136/jech.2006.054627. (Pubitemid 350207358)