Decomposing World Health Inequality

TL;DR: The mechanisms underlying linear growth failure at different ages are described, the short-, medium- and long-term consequences of stunting are discussed, and the evidence for windows of opportunity during the life cycle to target interventions at the stunting syndrome are evaluated.

TL;DR: In sub-Saharan Africa, male children under five years of age are more likely to become stunted than females, which might suggest that boys are more vulnerable to health inequalities than their female counterparts in the same age groups.

TL;DR: Socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition existed throughout the developing world, and was not related to the average malnutrition rate, so policies should take into account the distribution of childhood malnutrition across all socioeconomic groups.

TL;DR: The authors decompose aggregate health indicators using a random coefficients model in which the aggregates are regressed on the population distribution by subgroups, taking account of the statistical properties of the error term and allowing for other determinants of health status, including public health spending.

TL;DR: Inequalities in health favoured the higher income groups and were statistically significant in all countries, and were particularly high in the United States and the United Kingdom.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used an instrumental variable estimation approach where local food prices and health services instrument for disability days that reduce wages by at least 10 percent and hours by 3 of more percent.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the relationship between well-being and Sex Bias in India and some international comparative comparisons of the two domains, and present a survey of the relationship.