Skip to main content
Presented to you through Paradigm Publishing Services

University of Chicago Press

Visit our Partner Page See all our books
Chapter Publicly Available

Acknowledgments

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Prefatory Note x
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Happiness, Affluence, and Altruism in the Postwar Period 7
  7. 2. The Impact of Changes in Income and Family Composition on Subjective Measures of Weil-Being 35
  8. 3. Estimating Changes in Well-Being Across Life: A Realized vs. Comprehensive Income Approach 69
  9. 4. Wealth, Realized Income, and the Measure of Weil-Being 91
  10. 5. Inflation Vulnerability, Income, and Wealth of the Elderly, 1969-1979 125
  11. 6. The Horizontal and Vertical Equity Characteristics of the Federal Individual Income Tax, 1966-1977 179
  12. 7. Measuring the Benefits of Income Maintenance Programs 215
  13. 8. A Comparison of Measures of Horizontal Inequity 239
  14. 9. Rewards for Continued Work: The Economic Incentives for Postponing Retirement 269
  15. 10. Income, Inequality, and Uncertainty: Differences between the Disabled and Nondisabled 293
  16. 11. Household Wealth and Health Insurance as Protection against Medical Risks 323
  17. 12. The Valuation of Environmental Risks Using Hedonic Wage Models 359
  18. 13. Interfamily Transfers and Income Redistribution 393
  19. 14. Economic Consequences of Marital Instability 427
  20. 15. Variations in the Economic Weil-Being of Divorced Women and Their Children: The Role of Child Support Income 471
  21. Contributors 511
  22. Author Index 515
  23. Subject Index 518
Download chapter
Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-being
This chapter is in the book Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-being
https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226137285-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Prefatory Note x
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Happiness, Affluence, and Altruism in the Postwar Period 7
  7. 2. The Impact of Changes in Income and Family Composition on Subjective Measures of Weil-Being 35
  8. 3. Estimating Changes in Well-Being Across Life: A Realized vs. Comprehensive Income Approach 69
  9. 4. Wealth, Realized Income, and the Measure of Weil-Being 91
  10. 5. Inflation Vulnerability, Income, and Wealth of the Elderly, 1969-1979 125
  11. 6. The Horizontal and Vertical Equity Characteristics of the Federal Individual Income Tax, 1966-1977 179
  12. 7. Measuring the Benefits of Income Maintenance Programs 215
  13. 8. A Comparison of Measures of Horizontal Inequity 239
  14. 9. Rewards for Continued Work: The Economic Incentives for Postponing Retirement 269
  15. 10. Income, Inequality, and Uncertainty: Differences between the Disabled and Nondisabled 293
  16. 11. Household Wealth and Health Insurance as Protection against Medical Risks 323
  17. 12. The Valuation of Environmental Risks Using Hedonic Wage Models 359
  18. 13. Interfamily Transfers and Income Redistribution 393
  19. 14. Economic Consequences of Marital Instability 427
  20. 15. Variations in the Economic Weil-Being of Divorced Women and Their Children: The Role of Child Support Income 471
  21. Contributors 511
  22. Author Index 515
  23. Subject Index 518
Downloaded on 23.4.2026 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.7208/9780226137285-003/html
Scroll to top button