International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:1029-1036
© International Epidemiological Association 2003
Income Inequality and Health |
Commentary: Plugging leaks and repelling boarders—where to next for the SS Income Inequality?
1 Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, USA.
2 Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
Correspondence: John Lynch, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, 1214 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2548, USA. E-mail: jwlynch@umich.edu
Keywords Income inequality, population health, race
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Imagine that the research programme on income inequality and health is the ship ‘SS Income Inequality’. Think back to the launch ceremonies—enthusiastic passengers, a well-intentioned captain with a stout ship, on a journey full of promise. But then storms, arguments about the vessel’s sturdiness, leaks in the hull, attack by pirates, course alterations, and suggestions of sabotage by mutinous ex-crew members—you get the idea. This metaphor is used light heartedly as way of capturing some of the ‘to and fro’ within the research programme on income inequality and health and does not diminish anyone’s efforts to shed light on the important question of how income inequality might affect health.
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The current debate |
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Subramanian and Kawachi’s paper is in response to the latest salvos from those claiming that ‘the emperor has no clothes’. It addresses the question of whether health effects of income inequality are merely markers for racial composition. The influential US economist
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Settling the dispute? |
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Race/ethnic composition, income inequality, and mortality |
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How to understand race/ethnic composition and population health —a life-course approach |
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Charting a new course |
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