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Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy: Evidence using Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish register data

Östergren, Olof; Martikainen, Pekka; Tarkiainen, Lasse; Elstad, Jon Ivar; Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; Volume 73, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

Background: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this ...
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old

Elstad, Jon Ivar; Hermansen, Åsmund; Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik; Martikainen, Pekka; Östergren, Olof; Tarkiainen, Lasse (Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy;Volume 35, 2019 - Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-19)

Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable ...