In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …

We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and … income redistribution. Income inequality is predicted to have a more favorable impact on subjective wellbeing for individuals … differences in individual tolerance for income inequality, and the predicted influence of actual fairness. …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …

Poverty and disability are interrelated, but data that can disentangle to what extent one causes the other and vice … poverty also varies at the district level. And most importantly, the strength of that correlation lessens based on district …, show less of a link between disability and poverty, supporting the hypothesis that improvements in infrastructure and …

different types of transfers, we find that the impact of these transfers on poverty and inequality was low, due to low coverage …Vietnam’s extensive social security system is claimed to have played a key role in the extraordinary poverty decline … well contributory pensions and social allowances reached the poor and to which extent these transfers affected poverty and …

assesses impact of agricultural land on poverty and inequality in rural Vietnam. It is found that agricultural land increases …, agricultural land helps poverty reduction. Due to agricultural land, the headcount of poverty for land holders is reduced by around … 1.2 percentage points. Agricultural land also decreases the poverty-gap and poverty-severity indexes for the land …

known about the ultimate impact of informal loans on poverty and inequality. If informal credit is an important means to …, and subsequently assess its impact on poverty and inequality. By using fixed-effect regressions with instrumental … the poverty gap index and the poverty-severity index. The effects on expenditure inequality were small. …

This study examines the profile and determinants of poverty in the two largest cities in Vietnam – Hanoi and Ho Chi … Minh. Data used in this study are from the 2009 Urban Poverty Survey. Using the poverty line of 12,000 thousand VND …/year, the poverty incidence is estimated at 17.4 percent for Hanoi and 12.5 percent for Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city. There is a large …