Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults "… [are] you…very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?" Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic...

The study forecast future expenditure on housing assistance programs; the additional outlays on ISPs due to asset test concessions to home owners; and the aggregate value of home owner tax subsidies. These three housing subsidy components are estimated to increase from $25 billion in 2011 to...

In the period January-April 2014, the RF population’s real disposable income amounted to 98.8% vis-à-vis the same period of 2013. Due to the implementation of measures designed to raise the salary level in the budget funded sphere in accordance with the President of the Russian Federation’s...

In January 2015, the real disposable money income of the population shrank by 0.8% on January 2014. The RF Government launched its ‘Plan of Priority Measures Designed to Ensure Sustainable Development of the Economy and Social Stability in 2015', which addresses the sphere of employment and...

The slowdown of the population's income growth rate that had started in the first half year of 2013 continued through January 2014. Due to the implementation of measures designed to raise the salary level in the budget-funded sphere in accordance with the President of the Russian Federation's...