Using an approach that complements standard income-based measures with broader measures of well-being this paper … income instability as measures of deprivation and analyzes their relationship with perceived and objective well-being. First … perceived well-being and income instability. …

This paper examines the allocative implications of progressive income taxation when individuals care about their … relative income. It shows that tax progressivity might improve efficiency, and the more so in egalitarian economies …. Introducing a progressive income tax can yield a Pareto improvement if pre-tax income is evenly distributed. Implementing …

-being on health use identification strategies involving income increases; these studies as well as prior research on stock …

This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality … schooling are the main reason why income distribution has not improved in the 1990s. However, the lack of progress in income …

into education groups to determine whether there are differences in saving behavior along the distribution of income. Third …

The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This …

This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality … have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep macroeconomic crisis and periods of openness and integration. The sizable … particular severity of the income distribution changes in Argentina. This paper was prepared for the Labor Markets and …

. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters … strong correlation between income and political information, Congress representatives vote more conservatively, which is also …