The effect of relative concern on life satisfaction
Working Paper 2018-461 Abstract Income comparisons are important for individual well-being. We examine the shape of the relationship between relative
Read MoreWorking Paper 2018-461 Abstract Income comparisons are important for individual well-being. We examine the shape of the relationship between relative
Read MoreWorking Paper 2018-460 Abstract Despite the growing numbers of forcibly displaced persons worldwide, many people living under conflict choose not
Read MoreWorking Paper 2018-459 Abstract We here consider the effect of the level of income that individuals consider to be fair
Read MoreWorking Paper 2018-458 Abstract This paper analyzes the role of good governance in fostering pro-poor and inclusive growth. Using a
Read MoreWorking Paper 2018-457 Abstract A policy intervention entails a distribution of social resources to a target population in order to
Read MoreWorking Paper 2018-456 Abstract We offer a review of methods that have been employed to provide poverty estimates of poverty
Read MoreWorking Paper 2018-455 Abstract We propose a set of new methods to estimate inequality of opportunity based on conditional inference
Read MoreWorking Paper 2018-454 Abstract We present an exercise in empirical optimal taxation for a sample of European countries from three
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-453 Abstract Unconditional convergence across countries worldwide is typically rejected in Authors: Melanie Krause, Stefan Szymanski. Keywords: unconditional
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-452 Abstract The paper re-estimates the Gini inequality index for the United States using the Current Population Survey
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-451 Abstract This paper studies the transmission of wage shocks into consumption across families that exhibit unobserved preference
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