This paper aims to study the process of intergenerational income mobility in some Latin American economies (Panama and … have a stagnant economy coupled with high income inequality. Our rich and detailed dataset, the IPUMS survey data bank …

In this paper we use two different non-parametric methods to disentangle the role of Great Recession on income … using data from the Survey on Household Income and Wealth of the Bank of Italy, first, we decompose the Duclos, Esteban and …

The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within … nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason … for the contradiction is social comparison. At a point in time those with higher income are happier because they are …

It is well known that the self-employed are over-represented at the bottom as well as the top of the income … distribution. This paper shifts the focus from the income situation of the self-employed to the distributive effects of a change in … increase in the proportion of self-employed individuals in the labor force increases income polarization by tearing down floors …

outcomes as well as in other middle-income countries in southern Africa. …

show that low-income Protestants exposed to the "blessed" narrative are less likely to redistribute wealth compared to …