We investigate the evolution of global welfare in two dimensions: income per capita and life expectancy. First, we … estimate the marginal distributions of income and life expectancy separately. More importantly, in contrast to previous … univariate approaches, we consider income and life expectancy jointly and estimate their bivariate global distribution for 137 …

This paper revisits the link between education-based marriage market sorting and income inequality. Leveraging Danish … conclusions about the role of marital sorting in rising income inequality. …