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

Norwegian survey data, I study to what extent voting is caused by income. Unobserved characteristics correlated with income are … handled by using fixed effects panel data discrete choice models. Although a positive association between income and … correct for measurement error, I instrument income with average income by profession. The magnitude of the coefficients is …

In this paper we propose a particular approach to measuring utility of income. To this end we develop a theoretical …

One element of the Norwegian disability pension system makes the extent to which pension responds to changes in income … in the last three years before disablement vary over different income profiles. This special feature is explored in order … to identify an individual specific pension incentive for income adjustment. If disability is foreseen, this feature …

self against the income loss of a bad event, the bad event is more likely to happen. Comparing register data from disabled … and non-disabled individuals shows that being disabled increases income in the last year before the time of disablement …. Further, more generous pension systems increase pre-disablement income even more. …

disability pensioners. Further, I show that the ratio of disability pension to labor income vary with different definitions of … the pension and income level. …

This paper has a twofold purpose. It argues firstly, that analysis of income distribution should be a part of the … capability approach. Secondly, it argues that the capability approach is a good theoretical foundation for analysis of income … distribution. The capability approach to human advantage has not hitherto been applied in mainstream analysis of income and wealth …

income is full income a..l defined by Gary Becker, while time spent caring for children at home is unpaid work. Equivalent … full income for a household with pre-school children is defined. It is also shown that, as long as the wage rate is higher …When defining and estimating the cost of children and equivalent incomes, children's consumption is normally defined as …