Inequality and child human capital

Inequality and child human capital

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Inequality starts early and economists today increasingly recognise child health as an important form of “human capital” in its own right, said Professor Janet Currie, Princeton University, at a December lecture at the EIB organised by the EIB Institute and the...
Health inequality and pain

Health inequality and pain

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Health inequalities, wherever and however they are measured, are generally large. But how can we bring together the generally non-quantitative analyses offered by moral philosophers as to when health inequalities are unjust with the empirical statistical analyses...
Inequality and bequests

Inequality and bequests

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Wealth disparities have been increasing over time in most countries. But what are the implications of bequests, especially for the inter-generational transmission of those disparities? asked Professor Charles Yuji Horioka of the Research Institute for Economics and...