| Description |
xxxii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"In association with the Levy Economics Institute." |
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"This volume is part of the Institute's research on 'Measuring Well-being'"--P. [ii]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Recent trends in living standards in the United States / Edward N. Wolff -- Using expenditures to measure the standard of living in the United States : does it make a difference? / David S. Johnson -- Who has benefited from economic growth in the United States since 1969? The case of children / Christopher Jencks, Susan E. Mayer and Joseph Swingle -- Reassessing the consumer price index : five years after the Boskin Commission / Dean Baker -- Has economic well-being improved in Canada and the United States? / Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe -- Comparing living standards across nations : real incomes at the top, the bottom, and the middle / Timothy M. Smeeding and Lee Rainwater -- Race, home ownership, and family structure in twentieth-century America / William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo -- Living standard potential and the transmission of advantage in Chile / Seymour Spilerman and Florencia Torche -- Historical perspective on the standard of living using anthropometric data / Richard H. Steckel -- Time intensity and well-being : what we can learn from time-use data / Thomas L. Hungerford and Maria S. Floro -- Measuring worker rights and labor strength in the advanced economies / Robert Buchele and Jens Christiansen -- Measuring quality of life with local indicators / Daphne T. Greenwood. |
| Subject |
Quality of life -- Measurement.
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Quality of life -- Measurement. |
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Quality of life. |
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Economic indicators.
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Economic indicators. |
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Income distribution.
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Income distribution. |
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Cost and standard of living.
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Cost and standard of living. |
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Employee rights.
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Employee rights. |
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Quality of life -- Developed countries.
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Developed countries. |
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Quality of life -- United States.
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United States. |
| Added Author |
Wolff, Edward N.
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Jerome Levy Economics Institute.
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| ISBN |
1843761939 |
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