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Perceived economic inequality is linked to poorer sleep quality [PDF]

BMC Psychology
Economic inequality is believed to negatively affect individuals’ psychological and physical health. We hypothesized that perceptions of greater economic inequality predict poorer sleep quality through social comparison and stress.
Wenxuan Liu, Qinglu Wu, Yuebin Xu, Nicolas Sommet, Hongfei Du   +4 more
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Economic segregation is associated with reduced concerns about economic inequality [PDF]

Nature Communications
Economic segregation is the geographical separation of people with different economic means. In this paper, we employ an archival study of attitudes in regions with varying degrees of economic segregation and a series of experimental studies measuring ...
Shai Davidai, Daniela Goya-Tocchetto, M. Asher Lawson   +2 more
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The economics of early inequality

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2023
We examine three recent frameworks that attempt to explain early inequality. One explanation involves the emergence of dense and predictable resource patches in the Holocene, together with differential asset accumulation and inheritance by individuals or households.
Gregory K. Dow, Clyde G. Reed
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Inequality of educational opportunity at time of schooling predicts cognitive functioning in later adulthood

SSM: Population Health, 2021
Objectives: Our understanding of how societal conditions and educational policies influence cognitive development across the life course is improving.
Anja K. Leist, Eyal Bar-Haim, Louis Chauvel   +2 more
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Socioeconomic and behavioural factors associated with access to and use of Personal Health Records

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021
Background Access to and use of digital technology are more common among people of more advantaged socioeconomic status. These differences might be due to lack of interest, not having physical access or having lower intentions to use this technology.
Ivana Paccoud, Michèle Baumann, Etienne Le Bihan, Benoît Pétré, Mareike Breinbauer, Philip Böhme, Louis Chauvel, Anja K. Leist   +7 more
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Rewealthization in twenty-first century Western countries: the defining trend of the socioeconomic squeeze of the middle class

The Journal of Chinese Sociology, 2021
The wealth-to-income ratio (WIR) in many Western countries, particularly in Europe and North America, increased by a factor of two in the last three decades.
Louis Chauvel, Eyal Bar Haim, Anne Hartung, Emily Murphy   +3 more
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Region of birth differences in healthcare navigation and optimisation: the interplay of racial discrimination and socioeconomic position

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background While a large body of research has documented socioeconomic and migrant inequities in the effective use of healthcare services, the reasons underlying such inequities are yet to be fully understood.
Ivana Paccoud, James Nazroo, Anja K. Leist   +2 more
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Who is going to pay the price of Covid-19? Reflections about an unequal Brazil

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Resumo A pandemia da COVID-19 tem causado altas taxas de mortalidade entre os idosos e para evitar uma crise no sistema de saúde, quase todos os países do mundo adotaram medidas de isolamento social para evitar a disseminação da doença.
Fabiana Ribeiro, Anja Leist
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Digital financial inclusion and income inequality in WAEMU: What causality for what heterogeneity?

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023
In developing countries, economic inequality is attracting considerable attention. Many factors including financial exclusion are key in explaining income gap in developing countries. This paper examines the effect of access to financial services through
Kolotioloman Soro, Melain Modeste Senou
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The MEDITAGING study: protocol of a two-armed randomized controlled study to compare the effects of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program against a health promotion program in older migrants in Luxembourg

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Migration is a phenomenon worldwide, with older migrants, particularly those with fewer socioeconomic resources, having an increased risk of developing adverse cognitive and health outcomes and social isolation.
Ana C. Teixeira-Santos, Leandro Gomes, Diana R. Pereira, Fabiana Ribeiro, Anabela Silva-Fernandes, Carine Federspiel, Jean-Paul Steinmetz, Anja K. Leist   +7 more
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