GROWTH AND WELL‐BEING: INTRODUCING DISTRIBUTION‐WEIGHTED GROWTH RATES TO REEVALUATE U.S. POST‐WAR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

1994/09/01 by Stephan Klasen
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Development economics #Distribution (mathematics) #Econometrics #Economic theories and models #Economics #Finance #Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis #Growth rate #Income distribution #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #Inequality #Macroeconomics #Mathematics #Order (exchange)

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00068.x

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Abstract

In order to improve on the income growth rate as an indicator of changes in well‐being, four composite indices of growth and income distribution are introduced and compared. When applied to the United

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