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Policy Implications Of The Gradient Of Health And Wealth
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Men in the United States with family incomes in the top 5 percent of the distribution in 1980 had about 25 percent longer to live than did those in the bottom 5 percent. Proportional increases in income are associated with equal proportional decreases in mortality throughout the income distribution. I discuss possible reasons for this gradient and ask whether it calls for the redistribution of income in the interest of public health. I argue that the existence of the gradient strengthens the case for income redistribution in favor of the poor but that targeting health inequalities would not be sound policy.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Deaton, A.
- Venue
- Health Affairs
- Publisher
- Health Affairs Publishing, LLC
- Published
- 2002-03
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 13-30
- ISSN
- 0278-2715 (ISSN-L)
- 1544-5208
- OpenAlex
- W2009736266
- Cited by
- 635
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 20.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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