The spectre of widening inequality

Widening Inequality Means a Democracy at Risk

Mass incarceration, public health, and widening inequality in the USA.

In this Series paper, we examine how mass incarceration shapes inequality in health. The USA is the world leader in incarceration, which disproportionately affects black populations. Nearly one in three black men will ever be imprisoned, and nearly half of black women currently have a family member or extended family member who is in prison. However, until recently the public health implication...

Measuring Regional Inequality of Education in China: Widening Coast-inland Gap or Widening Rural-urban Gap?

This paper measures education inequality between the coastal and inland provinces and compares it with rural-urban educational inequality in China using Gini education coefficients and decomposition analysis. The main finding of the paper is that disparities in access to education between rural and urban areas rather than between coastal and inland provinces are the major cause of educational i...

Widening regional inequality in premature mortality rates in Manitoba.

OBJECTIVE To describe regional trends in premature mortality in Manitoba. DESIGN Comparison of all-cause and cause-specific mortality of persons less than age 75 in 11 Regional Health Authority populations over two time periods: 1985-89 and 1990-94. RESULTS The provincial premature mortality rate declined over the two time periods (4.00/1,000 to 3.72/1,000). Declines were also observed in 9...

Widening inequality in mortality between 160 regions of 15 European countries in the early 1990s.

This paper presents maps of geographical patterns in mortality for the 160 mainland regions of the 15 countries of the European Union. Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) for all ages are presented for all causes of death and for lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, road traffic accidents and suicide. All cause standardised mortality ratios (for deaths under the age of 65) for the years 1990 ...