The possible non linearity of the income elasticity of child labour has been at the centre of the debate regarding both … novel results. From a theoretical point of view, for any given transfer size, there is a critical level of household income … below which an increase in income has no impact on child labour and education. We estimate the causal impact of an increase …

propose redistributive tax and welfare reform, extended codetermination, subsidised profit sharing and employee buyouts. …

In this paper we look at the relationship between health and income as mediated by "lifestyle" choices; that is, a set … that there are substantial differences between the permanent and transitory income determinants - also in terms of the … direction of the effects. Moreover, we find that income effects often differ significantly in size and sometimes sign according …

-distribution process, induced by the tax and social security system, are identified. This is done by considering different components of … market and non-market income as well as taxes and social security contributions. This income portfolio analysis is based on … have an even better relative income position than the autochthonous West German population. In general, we confirm the well …

hunger spend a larger fraction of income on food. Taken together, our results confirm that in addition to the well …

age of 30 and who have higher income. We also provide evidence of a positive selection into parenthood, whereby happier …

is entirely driven by an increase in mortality among low income individuals, who are more likely to experience liquidity …

We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index …, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann …