Are enhanced regional inequalities the flip side of the industrial restructuring following economic integration and technological progress? Both theory and empirical evidence may point in this direction (see e.g. Behrens, Gaigné, Ottaviano and Thisse, 2003, Boldrin and Canova, 2002, Braunerhjelm et al, 2002, and Martin, 1998 and 1999) The focus on regional policy in Europe is accordingly both j...

Using the data from the European Social Survey (round 6, 2012), this article studies regional inequalities in self-rated health in Russia and examines the role that socio-demographic factors and economic and social capital play in these differences. Also, the regional variation in the determinants of self-rated health is analysed. The article argues that there are considerable and statistically...

BACKGROUND In Belgium, socio-economic inequalities in mortality have long been described at country-level. As Belgium is a federal state with many responsibilities in health policies being transferred to the regional levels, regional breakdown of health indicators is becoming increasingly relevant for policy-makers, as a tool for planning and evaluation. We analyzed the educational disparities ...