This paper develops an Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) for the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia … value judgment that inequality and insecurity do not matter, the paper demonstrates that a better measure of “command over …

In this chapter, Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe provide an overview of trends in a number of dimensions of economic well-being … (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, income equality, and economic security) from the lens of the Index of Economic Well-being, a … new composite measure of economic well-being developed by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards. Osberg and Sharpe …

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …

This paper argues that the assumption of a homogeneous workforce, which is implicitly invoked in the decomposition … of these changes has been less important in reducing income inequality. The main driving force of reduced income … inequality has been the fall in returns to education, which at the same time has been one of the important factors to …

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …