This paper tests for relationships between level of well-being and inequality at both inter-country and intra-household levels, but using a different indicator of well-being, the body mass index (BMI). BMI captures individual's consumption relative to their needs, and reflects a combination of...

The literature on the contributions to poverty reduction of average improvements in living standards vs. distributional changes uses only one measure of well-being - income or expenditure. Given that poverty is defined by deprivation over different dimensions, we explore the role of average...