inequality & health - evidence disappears

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Jan 5 14:28:09 PST 2002


Juan Jose Barrios wrote:


>Comment here: studies trying to relate INCOME inequality to other
>variables (such as growth rate) tend to have mixed results. However, once
>the independent variable chosen is a broader one, say ASSET inequality,
>the results are different. For example, there is a strong negative
>correlation between asset inequality and growth rates.-jj

Where do you get good data on wealth distribution? How many countries have something comparable to the Fed's Survey of Consumer Finances?

Doug



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