disparities in income, employment, homeownership, education, access to credit, and retirement savings - all factors that … other sources, this paper presents seven economic facts about the racial wealth gap in the U.S. We present data on racial … between Black households and White households. While none of the economic factors listed fully explains the racial wealth gap …

inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration …We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health … indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more pronounced when using subjective health measures than when using …

inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration … objective health measures. -- Health inequality ; concentration index ; income measurement ; SOEP …We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health …

This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach estimates a negative and …

workers who are typically less attached to the labor market. -- health ; employment ; income …This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these …

workers who are typically less attached to the labor market. -- health ; employment ; income …This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these …

This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach estimates a negative and …

inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration …We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health … indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more pronounced when using subjective health measures than when using …

We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index …, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann …

individuals. Wealth provides utility in a number of ways, for instance, by acting as a buffer against negative income shocks …Nearly 25 years after the German reunification, vastly different living conditions between East and West Germany still … remain. This is particularly true for the distribution of net wealth which is of special importance for the well-being of …