In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … has dropped in countries that have experienced income growth (but not in those that did not). Modern growth has reduced …

This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using micro …. The factor decomposition of disposable income into single income components shows that capital income is exceedingly … volatile and its share in disposable income has risen in recent years. Moreover, capital income makes a disproportionately high …

middle of the life course, improved questions on income, savings, and wealth as well as psychological constructs will play a …

income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of … subjects to report (a) how their income compares to various groups, such a co-workers, friends, and neighbours, and (b) how … important these income comparisons are to them. We find substantial gender differences, with income comparisons being much …

amtlichen deutschen Stichprobe der European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) und des …

microdata from the German Federal Statistical Office's contribution to the European Union Statistics on Income and Living … from the German Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS), the present paper compares EU-SILC-based results about income …