most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …

differences and subjective evaluations of life satisfaction. There has been significant progress toward convergence in the overall …

The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … the population. It derives the implications of a between-type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for the … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in …

This paper discusses the measurement of poverty and well-being. A historical overview is given of the last fifty years …-aggregation are required. – data ; statistics ; poverty ; well-being …

It is often argued that multi-dimensional measures of well-being and poverty—such as those based on the capability …-provincial ranking of poverty in South Africa in 1995-6. It turns out that this ranking is fairly robust, and that some important policy …-relevant results about the distinction between ‘income’/‘expenditure’ and ‘human’ poverty for the South African context are reinforced …

-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA applications related to general well-being, inequalities, poverty and human …

-being and, in consequence, poverty. Three reasons for the existence of a weak relationship are studied: First, the fact that a … heterogeneity in purposes of life. The understanding and abatement of poverty would be better served by a concept of human well …

This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of … relationship between Lorenz, welfare, and inequality orderings. The second section, on poverty, deals with the identification and … aggregation exercises; properties of poverty indices; some specific poverty measures; the problem of plurality and unambiguous …

, this paper generates a disaggregated map of poverty and living conditions in Mozambique. This analytical tool helps to … overcome a problem very common until recently, namely that most nationwide studies of poverty were too general to support the … indicators of poverty and well-being for the whole country. This paper also assesses geographic targeting schemes based on …