inequality. This paper presents an experiment which disentangles concerns for risk and inequality in a social risk context … terms of dispersion. We disentangle four types of dispersion: ex ante inequality, ex post inequality, individual risk, and … collective risk. The results show that people are averse towards ex ante inequality and individual risk, whereas they are ex post …

well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up … href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/ak4r54626380774p/">Journal of Economic Inequality</A>. …

In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to … analogue of the objective income concept and includes objective income inequality as a special case. The paper introduces a … method to decompose Income Satisfaction Inequality according to the contributions from variables such as income, education …

decades, China has experienced double-digit economic growth rates and rising inequality. This paper implements a new … disparities in China relate to rising income inequality and in particular to the adverse health and income experience of older (wo … decomposition on the China Health and Nutrition panel Survey (1991-2006) to examine the extent to which changes in level and …

The introduction of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in rural China is one of the largest health care reforms in the …