institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using … nightlights per capita as a proxy for district level per capita income, we find that modern districts that were historically under …

between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can … (economic growth). Our findings for the Associations of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), People Republic of China and India (ACI …

growth and changes in global income inequality and poverty. The authors find that rapid growth in China (despite a downward …This paper presents estimates of world output growth from 1970 to 2000, the distribution of income among countries and … persons for the years 1980, 1990 and 2000, and world poverty rates for the same years. It also presents the results of a …

different types of sports participation to initial access to employment and then higher income opportunities with ageing …

little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we … investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted measures of human capital can explain within-country income differences. We …

This paper studies empirically the effect of education policies on human capital and per capita income. The results … education policy materialises on human capital and per capita income. …

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same … whether we compare individuals or countries, suggesting that absolute income plays an important role in influencing well …

their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that … only income relative to others was related to well-being. In this paper, we review the evidence to assess the importance of … absolute and relative income in determining well-being. Our research suggests that absolute income plays a major role in …