We consider a situation where the relatively ‘poor’ are concerned about their relative income status with respect to a … coupled with an inadequate nutritional intake, relative to a situation where there is no such concern for status. Thus, growth … India. The hypotheses that inequality impacts consumption patterns via status effect cannot be rejected. In fact the impact …

, considering the role of social phenomena such as power, status competition and cognitive challenges of the greater selection …

parent, relatives, customs watch, when the woman has an inferior status; 2. the case of those emancipated, “evading” the …

We introduce status in the most standard (canonical) macro model that is able to provide an analysis of growth and … distribution. We consider the question of whether status considerations enable the model to meet some important empirical findings … shares. We find a promising role for status in the explanation of these empirical regularities. …

fixed supply of status is socially wasteful and explain why, when the distribution of output noise is fat-tailed, an …

This paper explores the rationality of status concerns amongst co-workers and the impact of such rational status … concerns on a firm's profits. We find that it is individually rational for agents in a firm to develop and exhibit status … concerns. Workers are, by their choices of status concerns, able to transfer surplus from the the rm to themselves. Further …

outnumber males among older adults, but also differ from their male counterparts with respect to economic status, marital status … and health status. The state of well being of older adults is understood partially by their level of empowerment …

-economic status influences own and spouse’s earnings. After controlling for own and spouse’s characteristics such as human capital and … age, I found: (1) childhood economic condition considered as socio-economic status is not associated with own income for …