We measure health inequality during middle and old age by race, ethnicity, and gender and evaluate the extent to which … find staggering health inequality: At age 55, Black men and women have the frailty, or biological age, of White men and … and Hispanic people uncovers even larger health gaps, especially for Black men. Health inequality also emerges as a …

What impact does inequality have on metropolitan areas? Crime rates are higher in places with more inequality, and … inequality and the growth of both income and population, once we control for the initial distribution of skills. What determines … the degree of inequality across metropolitan areas? Twenty years ago, metropolitan inequality was strongly associated with …

This paper examines the evolution of economic inequality in Sweden before, during and after the major macro …-economic recession in the early 1990s. Earnings and income inequality increased after the downturn, but government safety net programs … buttressed disposable income for those with low income, and despite the rise in inequality, Sweden remained one of the most …

We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using … greater happiness. The reason appears to be adaptation. However even for the rich half of European nations such habituation … may take over 5 years so the happiness gains that they experience, whilst not permanent, can still be relatively long …

We study "habituation" to income and to status using individual panel data on the happiness of 7,812 people living in … Germany from 1984 to 2000. Specifically, we estimate a "happiness equation" defined over several lags of income and status and … standard deviation in income are associated with similar increases in happiness. In the long-run (five year average) a one …

happiness differences are related to differences in inequality. A major concern, however, is spurious correlation due to the … comprehensive measure of inequality that subsumes the many and various component forms of inequality in particular domains. The … dispersion, (ii) that it is stronger in the subset of individuals who care most about inequality, and (iii) that it extends to …

Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence …

This paper presents income shares, income inequality, and income immobility measures for all race and ethnic groups in …