earners in Japan, on earnings inequality of married women. We find that the decline in earnings inequality among married women …

direct experience of burglary and robbery, using micro-level happiness data from Japan. I find that the direct experience of … burglary significantly reduces victims’ reported happiness. In monetary terms, being burglarized is as bad as losing … approximately $35,000–$52,500. This paper also tests for heterogeneous effects of victimization on happiness. Happiness of the …

We investigated how regional income inequality is associated with the individual assessment of happiness based on micro … individual and regional factors. Notably, the fact that happiness depends on not only income but also income inequality indicates … inequality and happiness is not uniform across the different levels of perceived happiness. Moreover, the sensitivities of …

This article is a comparative analysis of the sources of income inequality in four countries, namely Japan, South Korea …, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. It relies upon decompositions of inequality measures by population groups and income sources … (except for Japan because of data limitations). According to national family income and expenditure surveys, income inequality …

This article is a comparative analysis of the sources of income inequality in four countries, namely Japan, South Korea …, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. It relies upon decompositions of inequality measures by population groups and income sources … (except for Japan because of data limitations). According to national family income and expenditure surveys, income inequality …