Most methods for the analysis of distributional change rely on the changes in the income of a particular group of … standard against a richer group, thereby capturing a notion of change in relative income, which embodies the influence of … others' wellbeing on the judgment of the group's own situation. The indices, and related relative income change (RIC) curves …

We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) making … possible an unprecedented portrait of consumption and income of persons over time, within and across countries, around the … world. The current benchmark version of the dataset presents estimates of monthly real consumption and income for every …

, the elasticity of redistribution to poor classes to their income has decreased over the last decade, suggesting a … reduction of the policies in support of low income individuals. -- Income distribution ; Cash redistribution ; Political process …

We use data from the Luxembourg Income Study in order to quantify the economy-wide monetary gains achieved by household … aggregate disposable income earned by household types of different size. -- equivalence scale ; welfare ; demographic change … ; Luxembourg Income tudy ; household size economies ; income distribution ; family economics …

four different perspectives. The critiques are discussed and assessed. -- Median voter ; Income distribution …

Based on the standard axiom of individual utility maximization, rational choice has postulated that higher income … redistribution should increase in line with inequality. An empirical test based on 110 observations from the Luxembourg Income Study … the importance of fairness orientations that have been emphasized in behavioural economics. -- income distribution …