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Global Social Inequalities
Global inequalities are often studied as between-country inequalities. The chapter references empirical work on between-country inequalities but...
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Social Inequalities in Health
Differences in health between social groups based on these social determinants are known as social inequalities in health. The findings of empirical...
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Poverty, Income Inequalities and Migration in the Global South
In this chapter, we critically engage with the existing literature to explore how the condition of countries of origin, the situation in countries of...
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Unravelling the Health Inequalities in Ghana: An Intersectional Perspective
Intersectionality theory has recently been applied in health research in addressing the complex interlocking social axes of differentiation. Several...
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Health Inequalities
Inequalities in health result from social inequality. While the term equality refers to equal treatment for everyone, the term equity acknowledges...
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A Model for Evaluating Inequalities in Sustainability
On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, which includes seventeen Sustainable...
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Are Gender Budgets Useful for Reducing Gender Inequalities? An Exploratory Study with a Focus on India
There has been a move toward gender-based budgeting and gender-responsive budgeting globally, aimed at bridging the various gender-based disparities...
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Child mortality inequalities and socioeconomic determinants of health in Iran, 2016–2018
Measuring health inequalities is essential to inform policy making and for monitoring implementation to reduce avoidable and unfair differences in...
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Does Democracy Matter for Lifespan Inequalities? Regime Type and Premature Mortality by Sex
Reductions in premature mortality are widely attributed to economic, educational, and medical factors. This study contributes to our understanding of...
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Inequalities in Health: Definitions, Concepts and Measurements—An Application in the Regional Health Authority in Italy
Policymakers, researchers, and public health practitioners have long sought not only to improve overall population health but also to reduce or...
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Overcoming and Reproducing Inequalities: Mediated Migration in the “Global South”
In many societies, it is not possible to migrate without the assistance of one or more intermediaries, including friends, family, recruiters, travel...
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Inequalities in Resources for Preschool-Age Children by Parental Education: Evidence from Six Advanced Industrialized Countries
This paper provides new evidence on inequalities in resources for children age 3–4 by parental education using harmonized data from six advanced...
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Egg Freezing Technology at the Intersection of Social Inequalities and Institutional Constraints
This chapter discusses the inequalities in access to reproductive technologies, focusing on egg freezing in Turkey through an intersectional and...
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Revisiting swimming against tide; inequalities in child malnutrition in Nepal
BackgroundChild stunting, child underweight, and child wasting in Nepal decreased from 48%, 47%, and 11% to 25%, 19%, and 9%, respectively, between...
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Spatial Analysis of Educational Inequalities and Evaluation of its Affecting Factors: the Period of Before and During the COVID-19 Epidemic in Iran
Different regions of Iran have suffered for a long time from spatial inequalities because of the shortage of infrastructure and educational services....
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Wage Inequalities in the EU
This chapter discusses between- und within-country wage inequality, which is a major determinant of income inequality. Wage inequalities in Europe...
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Family Socioeconomic Inequalities Between Majorities and Minorities Across the Globe
Family socioeconomic inequalities (FSIs) between majorities and minorities are the historical and crucial social issues across the world societies,...
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Persistence and Emergencies of Inequalities in Latin America A Multidimensional Approach
This book adopts a multidimensional approach to analyze both the historical and emerging factors that contribute to make Latin America and the...
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Social Inequalities and Care Poverty
This chapter discusses the connections between care poverty and key dimensions of social inequalities (income, educational, gender, regional, ethnic,...
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Global COVID-19 case fatality rates influenced by inequalities in human development and vaccination rates
AimCOVID-19 has exerted distress on virtually every aspect of human life with disproportionate mortality burdens on older individuals and those with...
