Although widely portrayed as an egalitarian society, levels of wealth inequality are quite high in Australia. Families with high levels of wealth have more options in terms of where they can live, the schools their children can attend, and their social networks. Research shows that levels of...

Mindfulness could influence economic and health related behaviour by bringing about increased and unbiased attention to the present moment, for example to a decision making process. This study explores the relationship between mindfulness and economic preferences, and consequently well-being, of...

The paper demonstrates how Sen’s (1985) alternative approach to welfare economics can be used to shed light on the wellbeing of very young children. More specifically, we estimate versions of the three key relations from his framework using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP,...