Johan Fritzell is Professor of Sociology at the Centre for Health Equity Studies,Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet. He has published extensively on the determinants and distribution of welfare in Sweden, as well as comparative income distribution and poverty studies. Olle Lundberg is Professor of Health Equity Studies at the Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet. He has conducted research on health inequalities, child and adult health, and the links between income and health.

• Health, inequalities, welfare and resources ~ Johan Fritzell and Olle Lundberg; Health and inequalities in Sweden: long and short-term perspectives ~ Johan Fritzell, Carin Lennartsson and Olle Lundberg; Changing gender differences in musculoskeletal pain and psychological distress ~ Örjan Hemström, Gunilla Krantz and Eva Roos; Life course inequalities: generations and social class ~ Johan Fritzell; Work stress and health: is the association moderated by sense of coherence? ~ Susanna Toivanen; Psychosocial work environment and stress-related health complaints: an analysis of children's and adolescents' situation in school ~ Bitte Modin and Viveca Östberg; Assessing the contribution of relative deprivation to income differences in health ~ Monica Åberg Yngwe and Olle Lundberg; Social capital and health in the Swedish welfare state ~ Mikael Rostila; 'What's marital status got to do with it?': gender inequalities in economic resources, health and functional abilities among older adults ~ Carin Lennartsson and Olle Lundberg; Health inequalities and welfare resources: findings and forecasts ~ Johan Fritzell, Carin Lennartsson and Olle Lundberg.

"The book makes an original and important contribution to the field. It interrogates a rich dataset relating to a society in which there is intense international interest using perspectives at the cutting-edge of health inequalities research." Hilary Graham, Professor of Health Sciences, University of York, UK