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Price Indexes, Inequality, and the Measurement of World Poverty

Deaton, Angus - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 1, pp. 5-34

I discuss the measurement of world poverty and inequality, with particular attention to the role of purchasing power … parity (PPP) price indexes from the International Comparison Project. Global inequality increased with the latest revision of …

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Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices

Benjamin, Daniel J.; Heffetz, Ori; Kimball, Miles S.; … - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 11, pp. 3498-3528

We survey 561 students from U.S. medical schools shortly after they submit choice rankings over residencies to the National Resident Matching Program. We elicit (a) these choice rankings, (b) anticipated subjective well-being (SWB) rankings, and (c) expected features of the residencies (such as...

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Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: An Experimental Study in Zambia

Ashraf, Nava; Field, Erica; Lee, Jean - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 7, pp. 2210-37

We posit that household decision-making over fertility is characterized by moral hazard since most contraception can only be perfectly observed by the woman. Using an experiment in Zambia that varied whether women were given access to contraceptives alone or with their husbands, we find that...

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Changes in the Consumption, Income, and Well-Being of Single Mother Headed Families

Meyer, Bruce D.; Sullivan, James X. - In: American Economic Review 98 (2008) 5, pp. 2221-41

We investigate well-being changes for single mother headed families targeted by recent tax and welfare reforms …

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Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference

Benjamin, Daniel J.; Heffetz, Ori; Kimball, Miles S.; … - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 9, pp. 2698-2735

This paper proposes foundations and a methodology for survey-based tracking of well-being. First, we develop a theory in which utility depends on "fundamental aspects" of well-being, measurable with surveys. Second, drawing from psychologists, philosophers, and economists, we compile a...

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Retirement Security in an Aging Population

Poterba, James M. - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 5, pp. 1-30

Elderly individuals exhibit wide disparities in their sources of income. For those in the bottom half of the income distribution, Social Security is the most important source of support; program changes would directly affect their well-being. Income from private pensions, assets, and earnings...

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Consumption and Income Inequality and the Great Recession

Meyer, Bruce D.; Sullivan, James X. - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 178-83

We examine changes in consumption and income inequality between 2000 and 2011. During the most recent recession …, unemployment rose and asset values declined sharply. We investigate how the recession affected inequality while addressing concerns … about underreporting in consumption data. Income inequality rose throughout the period from 2000 to 2011. The 90/10 ratio …

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Consumption Inequality and Partial Insurance

Blundell, Richard; Pistaferri, Luigi; Preston, Ian - In: American Economic Review 98 (2008) 5, pp. 1887-1921

This paper examines the link between income and consumption inequality. We create panel data on consumption for the … Survey. We document a disjuncture between income and consumption inequality over the 1980s and show that it can be explained …

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Intrahousehold Allocation of Free and Purchased Mosquito Nets

Hoffmann, Vivian - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 236-41

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Labor Supply and Household Dynamics

Mazzocco, Maurizio; Ruiz, Claudia; Yamaguchi, Shintaro - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 5, pp. 354-59

policies designed to affect individual welfare, it is important to add an intertemporal dimension to the by-now standard static …

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