Widening economic inequality in the USA has been accompanied by increasing disparities
in health outcomes. The life expectancy of the wealthiest Americans now exceeds that of the …

Income inequality in the USA has increased over the past four decades. Socioeconomic
gaps in survival have also increased. Life expectancy has risen among middle-income and …

Background A clear understanding of the macro-level contexts in which education impacts
health is integral to improving national health administration and policy. In this research, we …

Research on precarious work and its consequences overwhelmingly focuses on the
economic dimension of precarity, epitomized by low wages. But the rise in precarious work …

In recent years, life expectancy in the United States has stagnated, followed by three
consecutive years of decline. The decline is small in absolute terms but is unprecedented …

Adult mortality varies greatly by educational attainment. Explanations have focused on
actions and choices made by individuals, neglecting contextual factors such as economic …

Education is critical to social and economic development and has a profound impact on
population health. We review evidence for the health benefits associated with education in …

We explore race differences in how individuals experience mass incarceration, as well as in
mass incarceration's impacts on measures of well-being that are recognized as major social …

The twenty-first century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In
this paper, we find that geographic inequality in mortality for midlife Americans increased by …

It is now widely recognized that health outcomes are deeply influenced by a variety of social
factors outside of health care. The dramatic differences in morbidity, mortality, and risk …