The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being: Estimates for Canada, 1999 and 2005
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Keywords
Well-being; Inequality; Income; Wealth; Government Expenditure; Household Production; LIMEW; (Canada);All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2011-08-02 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LTV-2011-08-02 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-PKE-2011-08-02 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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