Rising inequalities and accelerating global environmental change pose two of the most
pressing challenges of the twenty-first century. To explore how these phenomena are linked …

Aim A comprehensive approach to health highlights its close relationship with the social and
economic conditions, physical environment and individual lifestyles. However, this …

There is now substantial evidence that larger income differences in a society increase the
prevalence of most of the health and social problems that tend to occur more frequently …

Highlights•Growing inequality has hidden costs for societies' social and political
vitality.•Economic inequality enhances wealth categorizations and 'us' versus …

Research in a number of disciplines has shown that high levels of economic inequality
adversely affect individuals and societies. Surprisingly, research examining the business …

This study examined the effects of food insecurity and housing instability experiences during
early childhood on adolescent anxiety and depressive symptoms through maternal …

A prevailing hypothesis about the association between income inequality and poor health is
that inequality intensifies social hierarchies, increases stress, erodes social and material …

Social epidemiology, as defined by the textbook of the same name (Berkman et al., 2014) is
“that branch of epidemiology concerned with the way that social structures, institutions, and …

There is compelling evidence that economic inequality is positively correlated with crime.
The current study offers a new explanation for this positive correlation, based on the social …

A growing body of research explores the long-run effects of social programs and welfare
spending. However, evidence linking welfare support in early life with longevity is limited …