Health
and Income Equity
D. Income inequality
and social problems, especially violence and homicide, and social
cohesion
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Braithwaite J, Braithwaite V. The effect of income inequality and social democracy on homicide. British Journal of Criminology 1980; 20 (1): 45-53 This study looks at homicide rates in 31 countries and found strong correlations with different measures of income inequality. The authors then look at whether or not this could be a spurious association, and conclude that a more equal society might be one in which there is less homicide. Keywords
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