In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …

This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …

Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might be … Surveys, to revisit the question of whether inequality is associated with economic growth and, in particular, to examine … whether inequality of opportunity – driven by circumstances at birth - has a negative effect on subsequent growth. Results are …

-level datasets, as well as datasets reconstructed from grouped data on income distribution taken from the World Income Inequality … growth in the short term, while the impact of income inequality on growth is statistically insignificant. Our results are …

In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …

Evidence of an increase in inequality since the 1970s has motivated research on its relationship to growth and … researchers rely on different group measures of inequality. Inequality by gender, household, class, and ethnicity may produce …, the effect of inequality on growth depends on the measure used. For example, inequalities in capabilities (such as …