This paper uses an innovative theoretical framework for investigating gender and social differences in wellbeing among Indian households. On the conceptual side, we adopt a multidimensional definition of well-being that includes three key dimensions - wealth, health, education - with an...

The paper revisits regression-based inequality decomposition, derives further theoretical results on the factor shares and applies them in an empirical setting. Noting that the approach based on Shorrocks and Fields is not directly applicable to an important welfare-based inequality index,...