Has the relation between income inequality and life expectancy disappeared? Evidence from Italy and top industrialised countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the relation between income inequality and life expectancy in Italy and across wealthy nations.

Design and setting

Measure correlation between income inequality and life expectancy at birth within Italy and across the top 21 wealthy countries. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to study these relations. Multivariate linear regression was used to measure the association between income inequality and life expectancy at birth adjusting for per capita income, education, and/or per capita gross domestic product.

Data sources

Data on the Gini coefficient (income inequality), life expectancy at birth, per capita income, and educational attainment for Italy came from the surveys on Italian household on income and wealth 1995-2000 and the

SUBMITTER: De Vogli R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1733006 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature