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A comparison of inequality and living standards in Canada and the United States using an extended income measure

Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; … - In: Eastern economic journal 42 (2016) 2, pp. 171-192

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A comparison of inequality and living standards in Canada and the United States using an expanded measure of economic well-being

Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; … - 2012

We use the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-being (LIMEW), the most comprehensive income measure available to date, to compare economic well-being in Canada and the United States in the first decade of the 21st century. This study represents the first international comparison based on...

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Stagnating economic well-being and unrelenting inequality : post-2000 trends in the United States

Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2018

Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Fernando Rios-Avila update the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) for US households for the period 2000-13. The LIMEW - which comprises base income, income from wealth, net government expenditures, and the value of household production -...