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Structural inequality and temporal brain dynamics across diverse samples

Clinical and Translational Medicine
Background Structural income inequality – the uneven income distribution across regions or countries – could affect brain structure and function, beyond individual differences. However, the impact of structural income inequality on the brain dynamics and
Sandra Baez, Hernan Hernandez, Sebastian Moguilner, Jhosmary Cuadros, Hernando Santamaria‐Garcia, Vicente Medel, Joaquín Migeot, Josephine Cruzat, Pedro A. Valdes‐Sosa, Francisco Lopera, Alfredis González‐Hernández, Jasmin Bonilla‐Santos, Rodrigo A. Gonzalez‐Montealegre, Tuba Aktürk, Agustina Legaz, Florencia Altschuler, Sol Fittipaldi, Görsev G. Yener, Javier Escudero, Claudio Babiloni, Susanna Lopez, Robert Whelan, Alberto A Fernández Lucas, David Huepe, Marcio Soto‐Añari, Carlos Coronel‐Oliveros, Eduar Herrera, Daniel Abasolo, Ruaridh A. Clark, Bahar Güntekin, Claudia Duran‐Aniotz, Mario A. Parra, Brian Lawlor, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Pavel Prado, Agustin Ibanez   +35 more
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Income Inequality Metrics: Understanding the Issues and Concerns in Inequality Measurement

, 2015
Deepa Kylasam Iyer
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Transforming power of research and development on inequality and well-being: a European Union perspective within the circular economy framework

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
To establish a “well-being economy” that prioritizes human and environmental welfare, understanding the relationship between income inequality, research and development (R&D) potential, and human development is crucial.
Marinko Skare, Beata Gavurova, Martin Rigelsky   +2 more
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Income inequality and export‐oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries

The Economic History Review, 2023
Limited knowledge of African historical inequality trajectories hampers our understanding of inequality outcomes today and leads to a major omission in debates about global inequality.
Ellen Hillbom, J. Bolt, Michiel Bart de Haas, F. Tadei   +3 more
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Income-related inequality in obesity and its determinants in Spain: What happens beyond the obesity threshold?

International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2023
This paper computes and decomposes income-related inequalities in three metrics of obesity, namely, status, depth and severity, for Spain, a European country characterized by a universal health care system with very high and rising obesity prevalence ...
Athina Raftopoulou, Joan Gil Trasfi
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A New Goodness of Fit Measure Based on Income Inequality Curves

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 2022
This paper uses inequality-measurement techniques to assess goodness of fit in income distribution models. It exposes the shortcomings of the use of conventional goodness of fit criteria in face of the big income data and proposes a new set of metrics ...
S. Mirzaei, Payam Noor
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Inequality Comparisons in a Multi-Period Framework: The Role of Alternative Welfare Metrics [PDF]

, 2011
This paper considers the use of alternative welfare metrics in evaluations of income inequality in a multi-period context. Using Norwegian longitudinal income data, it is found, as in many studies, that inequality is lower when each individual’s annual ...
Creedy, John, Halvorsen, Elin, Thoresen, Thor   +2 more
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Ecological study of the association between socioeconomic inequality and food deserts and swamps around schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Previous research suggests that unhealthy community food environments around schools contribute to unhealthy eating habits and negative health outcomes among the youth.
Bernardo Andretti, Letícia Oliveira Cardoso, Olivia Souza Honório, Paulo César Pereira de Castro Junior, Letícia Ferreira Tavares, Isabela da Costa Gaspar da Silva, Larissa Loures Mendes   +6 more
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Distributional impact of infectious disease interventions in the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: a modelling study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Reducing inequalities in health and financial risk are key goals on the path toward universal health coverage, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries.
Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Ole Norheim
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Inequality and redistribution: evidence from Scandinavian and Mediterranean countries [PDF]

Applied Economic Analysis
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adjustment of government redistributive policies in Scandinavian and Mediterranean countries following changes in income inequality over the period 1980–2021.
Oscar Claveria, Petar Sorić
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