institutional determinants, de-unionisation has had an adverse effect on income inequality, whereas higher minimum wages have …Recent interest has been stimulated by the growth of income inequality in most developed countries during the 1980s and … development. This article uses a measure of income inequality derived from taxation statistics and a recently proposed method for …

survey data, this method is applied to a distribution of consumers representing the U.S. Examples of clothes washer standards … new standards. In some cases, sufficient data exist to distinguish among demographic subgroups (for example, low income or …

of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and organizational … structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and behavior, the determination of wages, technology, and social … institutions in the last three decades, and the possible relationship between that transformation and the shifting distribution of …

inequalities in the distribution of two key endowments: access to education and to sources of non-labor income, mainly pensions. … functionals of two income distributions (such as inequality or poverty measures) into shares due to differences in the structure … distribution of assets (endowment effects). We apply the method to the differences between the Brazilian income distribution and …

This report provides a baseline assessment of the current state of energy efficiency-related education and training … programs and analyzes training and education needs to support expected growth in the energy efficiency services workforce. In … workforce education and training needs, we focus on energy-efficiency services-related jobs that are required to improve the …

The EFF collects detailed information on household assets, debts, income, consumption, and demographic variables. One … the changes in income, asset holdings, and wealth of Spanish households between the end of 2002 and 2005 …

Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be … between national income per capita and life expectancy. Other studies (e.g., those reviewed in Cochrane et al., 1980) have … economic status, measured by income, and child survival (Anker and Knowles, 1980; Carvajal and Burgess, 1978; Farah and Preston …

by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income …

-level SEP was measured by education and household income, and area-level deprivation was measured using a composite index that … included residents' education, occupation and employment status. Diet was measured on the basis of (1) a grocery food index …