Brian Nolan

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make a scientific contribution to the development of social indicators for the purposes of European policy making and consider the principles underlying the construction of policyrelevant indicators, the definition of indicators, and the issues that arise in their implementation, including the statistical data required.

TL;DR: There is little or no evidence of significant inequity in the delivery of health care overall, though in half of the countries, significant pro-rich inequity emerges for physician contacts and in countries with very diverse characteristics regarding access and provider incentives.

TL;DR: This paper presents further international comparisons of progressivity of health care financing systems, modifying the methodology used there and achieving a higher degree of cross-country comparability in variable definitions, and updating and extending the cross-section of countries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the extent of inequality in the United States, the effect of economic factors on inequality, and the dynamics of inequality among different levels of equality in the US.

TL;DR: This paper explored what poverty means in developed countries and showed that understanding and measuring it requires widening the focus beyond current income, and showed how those who are effectively excluded from participation in society due to lack of resources can be more accurately identified, and the processes producing such exclusion better understood.