The validity of family background variables instrumenting education in income regressions has been much criticized. In … instruments in income regressions. …

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from …) income and of education. Using instrumental variables can provide a way out. However, three questions remain: whether … that the relationship between education and entrepreneurial income is indeed endogenous and that the impact of endogeneity …

We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health on income mainly operating through employment, although it is …

century, with separate consideration of income and wealth. We analyse the drivers of the changes in inequality and possible …

Elite occupations are characterised by the magnitude of income accumulation which has been particularly exacerbated in …

It is well known that the self-employed are over-represented at the bottom as well as the top of the income … distribution. This paper shifts the focus from the income situation of the self-employed to the distributive effects of a change in … increase in the proportion of self-employed individuals in the labor force increases income polarization by tearing down floors …

It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this … by government transfers versus market transfers on changes in income-related health inequality (IRHI) in Europe. Using … European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel data for 7 EU countries from 2004 to 2013, we decompose …

data to assess the effects of the policy change on non-EU labour migrants' labour-market outcomes, as measured by income …-migration reform had a negative effect on the migrants' annual income. However, this effect became marginal after controlling for … occupational level. We conclude that changes in their occupational composition were the main drivers of the income drop for non …

The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within … nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason … for the contradiction is social comparison. At a point in time those with higher income are happier because they are …