Germany over the period 2002-2012. In particular, we analyze the role of changes in labor supply, permanent income, portfolio … analyses, a diminishing role of permanent income is observed, due both to a reduction in the gender difference in permanent … income and in gender differences in its returns. Overall, the evidence points to more equal wealth accumulation both in terms …

It is well known that the self-employed are over-represented at the bottom as well as the top of the income … distribution. This paper shifts the focus from the income situation of the self-employed to the distributive effects of a change in … increase in the proportion of self-employed individuals in the labor force increases income polarization by tearing down floors …

poverty. It shows the prevalence of non-positive incomes in high- and middle-income countries, provides an analysis of the …

The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within … nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason … for the contradiction is social comparison. At a point in time those with higher income are happier because they are …

outcomes as well as in other middle-income countries in southern Africa. …