Income inequality and child mortality in wealthy nations

David Collison

doi:10.1159/000442070

Income inequality and child mortality in wealthy nations

David Collison

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Abstract

This chapter presents evidence of a relationship between child mortality data and socio-economic factors in relatively wealthy nations. The original study on child mortality that is reported here, which first appeared in a UK medical journal, was undertaken in a school of business by academics with accounting and finance backgrounds. The rationale explaining why academics from such disciplines were drawn to investigate these issues is given in the first part of the chapter. The findings related to child mortality data were identified as a special case of a wide range of social and health indicators that are systematically related to the different organisational approaches of capitalist societies. In particular, the so-called Anglo-American countries show consistently poor outcomes over a number of indicators, including child mortality. Considerable evidence has been adduced in the literature to show the importance of income inequality as an explanation for such findings. An important part of the chapter is the overview of a relatively recent publication in the epidemiological literature entitled The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better for Everyone, which was written by Wilkinson and Pickett.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Hidden hunger
Subtitle of host publication	malnutrition and the first 1,000 days of life: causes, consequences and solutions
Editors	H. K. Biesalski , R. E. Black
Place of Publication	Basel
Publisher	Karger
Pages	46-53
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783318056853
ISBN (Print)	9783318056846
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000442070
Publication status	Published - 19 May 2016

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Name	World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Publisher	Karger
Volume	115

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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This is the peer-reviewed but unedited manuscript version of the following article: Biesalski HK, Black RE (eds): Hidden Hunger. Malnutrition and the First 1,000 Days of Life: Causes, Consequences and Solutions. World Rev Nutr Diet. Basel, Karger, 2016, vol 115, pp 46-53 (DOI:10.1159/000442070)
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Income inequality and child mortality in wealthy nations. / Collison, David.
Hidden hunger: malnutrition and the first 1,000 days of life: causes, consequences and solutions. ed. / H. K. Biesalski ; R. E. Black . Basel: Karger, 2016. p. 46-53 (World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics; Vol. 115).

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