U.S. income inequality has risen dramatically in recent decades. Researchers consistently find that greater income … SWB data from the U.S. Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index and income inequality data from the American Community Survey …, and health measures) to examine the consistency of the relationship. We find that the relationship is both scale …

This paper studies the effects of both labor market conditions and asset poverty on the property crimes involvement of … and education. Simulation results show that the observed poverty and labor market outcomes account for as much as 90% of …

from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Using the same approach we also find that income growth is negatively affected by the …