a common framework. We illustrate this by analyzing the role of income and wealth as dimensions of multidimensional well … affluence, income is more important in the US. -- top incomes ; multidimensional measurement ; richness ; wealth ; inequality … top income shares, they allow the analysis of the extent, intensity and breadth of affluence in several dimensions within …

-described by four domains: job or daily activities, social contacts and family, health, and income. Among the four domains, social …. Income has the lowest impact. As in other work, we find that American response styles differ from the Dutch in that Americans … inclined to stay in the middle of the scale. Although for both Americans and the Dutch, income is the least important …

Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And … samples since 1972) comparator income has a negative effect on happiness equal in magnitude to the positive effect of own … income. 2) In the West German Socio-Economic Panel since 1984 the same istrue but with life satisfaction as the dependant …

Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP). Ausgewählte Ergebnisse werden mit solchen auf Basis der Panel Study of Income Dynamics …This article deals with various methods for dealing with income advantages of owner occupied housing (imputed rents …). It also explores the effects of such advantages on the distribution of individual income. Following a description of the …

high correlation between earnings and wealth in the data, as well as the fact that earnings are a major source of income … for top income and wealth groups. … bequests as potential determinants of the high level of wealth concentration in the US. Analyzing the joint distribution of …

The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue … higher levels of income later in life. We focus on earnings approximately one decade after the person's well-being is … happiness. We consider how psychological well-being may influence income. Sobel-Goodman mediation tests reveal direct and …

States. However, these illiquid, non-market forms of wealth are typically excluded from measures of net worth. To the extent … that these broadly held resources substitute for savings, measures of wealth inequality that do not account for DB pensions … and Social Security may be overstated. This paper develops an alternative, expanded wealth concept, augmenting precise net …

States. However, these illiquid, non-market forms of wealth are typically excluded from measures of net worth. To the extent … that these broadly held resources substitute for savings, measures of wealth inequality that do not account for DB pensions … and Social Security may be overstated. This paper develops an alternative, expanded wealth concept, augmenting precise net …

The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue … higher levels of income later in life. We focus on earnings approximately one decade after the person's well-being is … happiness. We consider how psychological well-being may influence income. Sobel-Goodman mediation tests reveal direct and …

This article deals with income advantages derived from owner occupied housing (Imputed Rent, IR) and their impact on … the personal income distribution. Following a brief description of different methods with which to calculate IR in … (BHPS), the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), and the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). We find distinct …