villages namely; Arap, Baghakole, Inai and Susari. The study revealed that the per capita income increased by about two … productivity and more employment opportunities in even rural areas. Per capita income differs significantly from one village to … another village, mainly due to per capita land and educational level. Non-farm employment is main source of income and income …

, estimates based on the Bank of Italy?s Survey of Household Income and Wealth reveal a surprising stability of income … distributive changes across socio-economic groups which have cancelled out at the aggregate level; higher income mobility not …

This paper uses Japanese data which includes measures of self-declared satisfaction, reference-group income, and the … direction and intensity of income comparisons. Relative to Europeans, the Japanese compare more to friends and less to … colleagues, and compare their incomes more. The relationship between satisfaction and others' income is negative, and more …

is shown that only for single persons and only in a number of countries, net income packages at minimum wage level reach … or exceed the EU's at-risk-of poverty threshold, set at 60 per cent of median equivalent household income in each country …. For lone parents and sole breadwinners with a partner and children to support, net income packages at minimum wage are …