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