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Studies on minority ethnic groups and health often use conventional measures of socioeconomic position such as car ownership and housing tenure. We know that minority ethnic groups are over-represented in lower socioeconomic groups and that unemployment rates, patterns of employment and working conditions are more unfavourable for some minority ethnic groups than the majority ethnic group. We have shown elsewhere that financial factors are important predictors of health alongside other indicators of socioeconomic position but are there differences in income type and benefits received by ethnic group? This article reports selected findings from a broader study investigating the relationships between ethnicity, socioeconomic position and health. It aims to examine differences in income type by ethnic group and to examine overall household income by ethnic group.

Previous research has confirmed a positive association between income and health, but there are still a lot of inconsistencies on how income affects health. Indeed, this impact is caused by overlaying of absolute income and relative income effects, and only by decomposing and comparing their relative importance within an integrated framework can suggestions be made for health inequalities and health intervention. To deal with this issue, using the panel data from the 2011, 2014, and 2017 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), a well-designed research model is established to decompose and explore the impact. Our results indicate that relative income, rather than absolute income, has a significant negative impact on health performance, and that these associations may be causal in nature. The health inequity persists throughout the life cycle, but it remains relatively stable, without significant expansion or convergence. To some extent, the research-proposed models enrich the related literature on associations between income and health, and the empirical results suggest that as China moves to the stage of higher incomes and accelerated aging, the Chinese government should pay more attention to income inequality and be alert to the risks of "income-healthy poverty" traps.

Income Distribution was written primarily as a textbook intended for undergraduate economics majors. The material, however, is treated with sufficient rigor to meet the needs of first year graduate students also. The book may also serve the needs of sociologists and political scientists whoare primarily interested in the related social justice topics of income inequality and poverty. Each chapter is logically connected with the preceding chapters, providing a general overview of income distribution and its applications.