Equivalence scales are typically designed for adjusting households' incomes for differences in size and composition. On the one hand, there is evidence that the way differences in needs across households are taken into account has a significant impact on the assessment of inequality in the...

The strength of the relationship between low wages and household needs has become an important measure of the effectiveness of Australia's employment safety net. This paper reviews the recent treatment of the needs issue in safety net minimum wage cases of the Australian Industrial Relations...

The analysis identifies the four socio-psychological constructs identification with a media character, schadenfreude, social comparison, and vicarious embarrassment, as important responses in the context of reality TV. Besides numerous determinants, these constructs are also linked to...