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Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory
Jäntti, Markus; Kanbur, Ravi; Nyyssölä, Milla; … - CESifo - 2013
This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account reference … differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607471
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The Application of the Capability Approach to High-Income OECD Countries: A Preliminary Survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2011
-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA applications related to general well-being, inequalities, poverty and human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853849
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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - CESifo - 2010
Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727303
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671708
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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2013
Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well]being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010636596
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Nineteenth Century Black and Mulatto Physical Activity, Calories, and Life Expectancy
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2014
Using data from late 19th and early 20th century US prisons, this study considers how black and mulatto basal metabolic rates and calories varied with economic development. During the 19th century, black physical activity and net nutrition declined during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877689
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Nineteenth Century White Physical Activity and Calories: Socioeconomic Status and Diets
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2014
Using data from late 19th and early 20th century US prisons, this study estimates the basal metabolic rates and calories for Americans of European descent. Throughout the 19th century, white basal metabolic rates (BMRs) and calories declined across their respective distributions, and much of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877756
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A Behaviour-based Approach to the Estimation of Poverty in India
Almås, Ingvild; Kjelsrud, Anders; Somanathan, Rohini - CESifo - 2013
Since the late 1970s, the price indices underlying the poverty lines in India have been updated using aggregate indices … consumption survey data. We propose an alternative approach that identifies poverty from consumer behaviour, based on the notion … higher levels of poverty in eastern India, and generally, smaller reductions in poverty from 2005 to 2010. Our poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877856
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Health, Wealth and Inequality: a Contribution to the Debate about the Relationship between Inequality and Health
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2008
The relationship between material inequality and health is the subject of considerable debate, and may depend on how the relationship is defined. This paper uses stature as its measure for cumulative health outcomes to illustrate that the 19th century relationship between material inequality and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766237
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Trends of Children’s Height and Parental Unemployment: A Large-Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994 – 2006
Baten, Jörg; Böhm, Andreas - CESifo - 2008
The average height of children is an indicator for the quality of nutrition and health care. Heights have never declined over longer time spans in Eastern Germany since 1880 – except for the most recent period 1997-2006. In the Eastern German Land of Brandenburg, a data set of 253,050...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406183