It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this … by government transfers versus market transfers on changes in income-related health inequality (IRHI) in Europe. Using … the European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel data for 7 EU countries from 2004 to 2013, we …

We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health on income mainly operating through employment, although it is …

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the importance of 'comparison income' for individual well-being or … happiness. In other words, the influence of the income of a reference group on individual well-being is examined. The main … novelty is that various hypotheses are tested: importance of own income, relevance of the income of the reference group and of …