Dictionary definition: income inequality

Article: Income inequality as a public health concern: where ...
Health Services Research;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...THE INCOME INEQUALITY/HEALTH LINK: A DISAPPEARING CONNECTION ... Journal, showing a correlation between income inequality and life expectancy among nine industrialized ... issue continues to be debated. Is income inequality a public health concern? A growing ...

Article: Income inequality and economic growth in developing ...
Indian Journal of Economics and Business;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Abstract Since the 1950's, income inequality and its impact on the economy ... of the relationship between income inequality and economic growth. Studies ... This paper attempts to use income inequality data from several developing ...

Article: Changing income inequality in nonmetropolitan ...
Rural Sociology;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Changing Income Inequality in Nonmetropolitan Counties, 1980 to 1990* ABSTRACT Income inequality has been increasing across the United ... but little is known about changing income inequality in nonmetropolitan counties. Data ...

Article: Gambling and income inequality in the states.
Policy Studies Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... of rising incomes and falling income inequality following the Second World War ... Explanations for the growth in income inequality have focused on two primary ... and job seekers. Changes in income inequality have also been associated with ...

Article: Income, income inequality, and cardiovascular ...
Southern Medical Journal;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... population-level income and income inequality with CVD mortality are not well ... File. Relations among income, income inequality, and CVD mortality were examined ... income was inversely related and income inequality was directly related to CVD ...

Article: County-level income inequality and depression among ...
Health Services Research;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... that found associations between income inequality, or distribution of individual ... to test whether the degree of income inequality in the area of residence affects ... characteristics--the so called "income inequality hypothesis" (Wagstaff and ...

Article: State patterns in family income inequality
Contemporary Economic Policy;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... It is well known that U.S. income inequality began to increase in the 1970s ... almost no increase in family income inequality, while other states experienced ... may underlie shifts in U.S. income inequality. Among numerous factors, we ...