Economists are increasingly interested in subjective well-being, but the economic literature on perceptions of income … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …

) - have significantly lower income aspiration when compared to Other Backward Class (OBC) and Other Caste (OC) participants … their lower income aspiration levels, in comparison with all other groups. Thus, our results support the hypothesis of …

Longitudinal Monitoring Surveys over the past two decades spanning this transition. We find rising income levels and decreasing … staying in the formal sector is statistically significantly associated with reduced downward mobility and increased income … growth. However, a similar transition from the private sector to the public sector is negatively associated with income …

measures. It finds that the main source of negative disposable incomes is negative self-employment income, and that high tax …, or even better, than other households in terms of material wellbeing. By contrast, zero-income households are found to be …

distribution and poverty indices that are sensitive to the distribution of income among the poor. …

suggest that policy makers in Vietnam should focus on reducing spatial disparities and income inequality in order to attain …

over a quarter and disposable income by more than 40%, while the unemployment rate exceeded 27%. The paper explores the … increases are larger when the indices used are relatively more sensitive to changes close to the bottom of the income … distribution. Unlike claims often made in the public discourse, the elderly improved their relative position in the income …