The validity of family background variables instrumenting education in income regressions has been much criticized. In … instruments in income regressions. …

discussions about Canada's retirement income system. For example, retired respondents were asked about their financial standard of … living in retirement and whether their retirement income is sufficient to comfortably cover their bills and financial …

In spite of the importance of registered pension plans (RPPs) in discussions of Canada's retirement income system, very …

Purpose – China's remarkable income growth has changed the food landscape in recent years. Chinese consumers are … with respect to household income are estimated. These estimates are then converted to nutrient elasticities to show how the … availability of nutrients varies with income based on the Engel demand relationship. Findings – The income elasticities diminish as …

cycle, of several dimensions of economic inequality, including wages, labor earnings, income, consumption, and wealth. After … and the cyclical fluctuations in income inequality. The rise in income inequality was stronger at the bottom of the … distribution. Consumption inequality increased less than disposable income inequality, and tracked the latter much more closely at …

Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality trends and find that … transitory income shocks. The response of consumption to permanent and transitory income shocks becomes weaker later in the …, expenditure and income inequality in Russia are not far apart. (Copyright: Elsevier) …

This paper presents an analysis of the trends in inequality across income, earnings and consumption in Britain since …