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Working Paper No. 466August 08, 2006
Net Government Expenditures and the Economic Well-Being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989–2001
AbstractWe examine the economic well-being of the elderly, using the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW). Compared to the conventional measures of income, the LIMEW is a comprehensive measure…more
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Working Paper No. 447May 03, 2006
Household Wealth and the Measurement of Economic Well-Being in the United States
AbstractThe standard official measure of household economic well-being in the United States is gross money income. The general consensus is that such measures are limited because they ignore other crucial…more
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Research Project ReportMay 01, 2005
Interim Report
AbstractThis interim report compares the LIMEW and official measures of economic well-being for 1989–2002, a period marked by the economic boom of the late 1990s and a mild recession in…more
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Research Project ReportMarch 01, 2005
Economic Well-Being in US Regions and the Red and Blue States
AbstractThis report analyzes regional aspects of economic well-being according to four regions identified by the United States Census Bureau: the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. Using the official measures and…more
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Research Project ReportDecember 01, 2004
How Much Does Public Consumption Matter for Well-Being?
AbstractThis report supplements previous findings of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) research project within our program on the distribution of income and wealth. Some readers have questioned…more
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Research Project ReportSeptember 22, 2004
How Much Does Wealth Matter for Well-Being?
AbstractEconomic well-being refers to the command or access by members of a household over the goods and services produced in a modern market economy during a given period of time.The…more
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Research Project ReportMay 01, 2004
Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being
AbstractThis report presents the latest findings of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) research project within our program on the distribution of income and wealth. It enhances previous…more
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Research Project ReportFebruary 12, 2004
Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being
AbstractThe Levy Economics Institute has, since its inception, maintained an active research program on the distribution of earnings, income, and wealth. Experience from the 1990s suggests that economic growth alone…more
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Research Project ReportDecember 09, 2003
Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being
AbstractThe Levy Economics Institute has, since its inception, maintained an active research program on the distribution of earnings, income, and wealth. Experience from the 1990s suggests that economic growth alone…more
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Working Paper No. 386September 01, 2003
Household Wealth, Public Consumption, and Economic Well-Being in the United States
Abstract*Preliminary draft. Please do not quote or cite without permission. Standard official measures of economic well-being are based on money income. The general consensus is that such measures are seriously…more
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Working Paper No. 372February 01, 2003
The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being
AbstractOur measure of economic well-being is motivated by the conviction that there is substantial room for improving existing official measures of the level and distribution of household economic well-being. The…more
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Working Paper No. 342February 01, 2002
A Note on the Hicksian Concept of Income
AbstractEmpirical studies of intertemporal dynamics of individual income, distribution of personal income, and growth and distribution of national income are all based on statistics that rely on some concept of…more
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Working Paper No. 321January 01, 2001
Testing Profit Rate Equalization in the US Manufacturing Sector
AbstractLong-run differentials in interindustrial profitability are relevant for several areas of theoretical and applied economics because they characterize the overall nature of competition in a capitalist economy. This paper argues…more
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Public Policy Brief No. 61November 09, 2000
Whither the Welfare State?
AbstractThe idea that saving is the force driving private investment and economic growth has become ever more entrenched in mainstream economic thought as well as in the minds of policymakers…more
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Working Paper No. 291December 01, 1999
The Social Wage, Welfare Policy, and the Phases of Capital Accumulation
AbstractThis paper addresses two broad questions. The first one relates to the economic rationale for the existence of the welfare state. To address this question, we review the marginalist arguments…more
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