Relative Deprivation Theory Does Not Impy a Contextual Effect of Country-level Inequality on Poor Health. A Commentary on Jen, Jones, and Johnston (68:4, 2009)  

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Bernburg, Jon Gunnar

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 70 no. 4 (Feb. 2010), page 493-495.
Topik: Inequality Hypothesis; Contextual Effects; Relative Deprivation Theory; Debate

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In a recent contribution to Social Science & Medicine,"Global Variations in Health: Evaluating Wilkinson's Income Inequality Hypothesis Using the World Values Survey" Jen, Jones, and Johnston (2009) attempt to evaluate the income inequality hypothesis proposed by Wilkinson et al. (Wilkinson, 1996; Wilkinson & Pickett, 2007). The inequality hypothesis argues that economic inequality is an important determinant of poor health in affluent societies. Using multilevel data on a sample of 69 developed and developing countries, Jen et al. test two main hypotheses.

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