well-being. Importantly, we find that the risk of unemployment has a detrimental effect on the well-being of employed …. Policymakers should therefore focus not only on reducing the level of unemployment, but also on speeding up unemployment turnover … at a given level of unemployment. Unemployment insurance also mitigates the adverse effect of unemployment risk, and …

similar to those in other countries. In particular, as in other countries, in Mexico income, education, health, job status and …

This paper provides an assessment of how households’ income has fared compared with GDP. While the prime focus is on … incomes around the median, attention is paid also to the bottom of the income distribution. Thus, one contribution of the … differences in income distributions across countries and over time. For example, it assesses the extent to which stability in …

) unemployment and one year of longevity average 2% and 6% of income respectively. While we assume an identical utility function for … all individuals, shadow prices of unemployment and longevity vary both across countries and within countries across income … unemployment. Rising income inequality exerts a negative effect on our welfare measure. Gains in longevity have almost the same …

. Māori, Pasifika and low-income households have also experienced slower rates of improvement in many health and education … education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material … to the OECD average but contributed to large increases in income inequality and poverty that have only been partially …

health of workers, their ability to successfully combine work and life while fully mobilising their skills and abilities to …

translated into decisive improvements in household disposable incomes while significant redistribution has ensured low income … inequality and poverty. This has been combined with gains in leisure time, especially time spent in retirement, low unemployment … lower labour market attachments. Outcomes in education and health care are subject to inequalities. Family services are …