migrating peasants, and, consequently, has a positive effect on narrowing the rural-urban income or consumption gap. Urban labor …

) showed that higher income individuals are less generous than poorer individuals only if they reside in a U.S. state with … major finding before readily accepting it as evidence, we analyzed the effect of the interaction between income and …

It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this … by government transfers versus market transfers on changes in income-related health inequality (IRHI) in Europe. Using … the European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel data for 7 EU countries from 2004 to 2013, we …

income, relative income (i.e. how individual income compares to those of peers), individual health, and relative health … countries. In contrast, individual and relative income matter in some countries, such as the US, and not in others, for example … targeting income. …

A growing income polarization and the related income spread takes more and more attention in the public debate. An … increase in the polarization of income is not only in terms of the social context and the feeling of injustice of enormous … great relevance. With an increasing income polarization the shape of the distribution changes such that both the upper and …