The impact of income inequality on individual and societal health: absolute income, relative income and statistical artefacts
通过四象限图分析收入、相对收入和聚合偏差对个人及社会健康的影响，发现收入不平等会降低平均健康水平，若相对收入有直接影响则社会健康进一步下降。
The relative income hypothesis, that relative income has a direct effect on individual health, has become an important part of the literature on health inequalities. This paper presents a four-quadrant diagram, which shows the effect of income, relative income and aggregation bias on individual and societal health. The model predicts that increased income inequality reduces average health regardless of whether relative income affects individual health. If relative income does have a direct effect then societal health will decrease further.