This note examines the relationship between inequality and happiness in urban China using a large-scale survey … of happiness, although results differ between high and low income individuals. We also examine the effect of reference … group income on reported happiness and find that having wealthier city-mates lowers reported happiness, controlling for own …

happiness: other profiles, such as health and family life, are more important. In this paper we want to ascertain whether some …-South economic gap, the quick process of population aging, and the corruption in public administrations impact on personal happiness. …

inequality in total consumption expenditure by different sources (food, education, health, durable goods and other items … consumption over 1993-94 to 2009-10, thus contributing to the observed rise in consumption inequality in India. Except for the … expenditure on food items, inequality contributions of expenditures on all other heads including education, health, durable goods …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth and inequality of household income in the Philippines, focusing on … paper introduces a methodology that shows a direct linkage between growth and inequality in income, and labor market …

social mobility and inequality, among other important dimensions of income distribution that are jointly determined. The …

income poverty and inequality in Latin Americaand the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC with other …

The empirical evidence on the relationship between income inequality and economic growth is widely recognized and, now … economic growth and income inequality in the case of Mexico. To this end, a time series of data for the Gini coefficients from …

This paper studies the effect of trade liberalization on an under-explored aspect of wage inequality — gender … inequality. We consider a model where firms differ in their productivity and workers are differentiated by skill as well as …