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U.S. income inequality has risen dramatically in recent decades. Researchers consistently find that greater income … SWB data from the U.S. Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index and income inequality data from the American Community Survey …-dependent and measure-dependent: income inequality is SWB-diminishing in large regions for all measures, SWB-diminishing in small …
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satisfaction for subjective well-being (SWB) and relative income and employment security for objective well-being (OWB). We ran …
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This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it outlines three aspects preliminary to any multidimensional study: the selection of the relevant dimensions; the indicators used to measure them; and the procedures for their...
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A growing literature has tried to measure the extent to which individuals have equal opportunities to acquire income …. At the same time, policy makers have doubled down on efforts to go beyond income when measuring well- being. We attempt … beyond income has little relevance if the objective is to provide equal opportunities …
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also seems to be a key driver of income/resource inequality. In this essay, I review the evidence for the joint relation …
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A growing literature has tried to measure the extent to which individuals have equal opportunities to acquire income …. At the same time, policy makers have doubled down on efforts to go beyond income when measuring well- being. We attempt … beyond income has little relevance if the objective is to provide equal opportunities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716166
A growing literature has tried to measure the extent to which individuals have equal opportunities to acquire income …. At the same time, policy makers have doubled down on efforts to go beyond income when measuring well-being. We attempt to … opportunity-deprived and equality of opportunity has improved over the past 20 years. This suggests that going beyond income has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011717717
U.S. income inequality has risen dramatically in recent decades. Researchers consistently find that greater income … SWB data from the U.S. Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index and income inequality data from the American Community Survey …-dependent and measure-dependent: income inequality is SWB-diminishing in large regions for all measures, SWB-diminishing in small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983920
This chapter examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. It first outlines three aspects preliminary to any multidimensional study: the selection of the relevant dimensions, the indicators used to measure them, and the procedures for their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025348
For many years now, a growing number of economists, policy makers, and civil society groups have pointed to the limits of using only GDP as the primary measure of national economic progress. Accordingly, a progressively greater focus has been placed on the concept of well-being and its optimal...
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