Open AccessHealth-related mobility, health inequalities and gradient constraint: Discussion and results from a Norwegian study
Author(s) -
Jon Ivar Elstad
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/11.2.135
Subject(s) - social mobility , norwegian , causation , social class , constraint (computer aided design) , inequality , social inequality , demographic economics , differential (mechanical device) , psychology , sociology , mathematics , economics , political science , physics , social science , geometry , philosophy , linguistics , thermodynamics , market economy , law , mathematical analysis
Recent studies have argued that health-related mobility does not widen social class health differentials, but rather moderates them. This is termed gradient constraint. This paper examines gradient constraint from a theoretical and empirical angle.
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