Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/X007650/1
How social mobility and income inequality affect health in Canada
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor P Craig, University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary, Life Sci
- Grant held at:
- University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary, Life Sci
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- Sociology of Education
- Social Mobility
- Social Geography
- Health and well-being
- Poverty
- Wealth and inequality
- Social Policy
- Abstract:
- MRC : Erik Igelstrom : MC_UU_00022/2 People who live in countries with low inequality (where the gap between the rich and the poor is small) tend to be healthier on average. Countries with low inequality (like Finland and Denmark) also tend to have a lot of social mobility across generations. In other words, people's chances of success don't depend on how well off their parents were. But this isn't always the case. For example, Canada has high social mobility, but also high inequality. We don't know much about how these two factors work together to affect health: Does Canada's high social mobility compensate for the negative impact of high inequality? To help understand this, I will compare parts of Canada, and look at whether inequality seems to matter less when there is a lot of social mobility. To do this, I will first need to calculate the amount of social mobility in different metropolitan areas. To make studies like this easier in the future, I will make the social mobility data available to other researchers.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/X007650/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- NC&C NR1
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Globalink Placement
This grant award has a total value of £9,533
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Exception - Other Costs |
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| £9,534 |
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