Prefatory Note |
Acknowledgments |
Introduction / Martin David ; Timothy Smeeding |
Happiness, Affluence, and Altruism in the Postwar Period Frank Levy Comment / Lee Rainwater1: |
The Impact of Changes in Income and Family Composition on Subjective Measures of Well-Being Arie Kapteyn, Sara van de Geer, and Huib van de Stadt Comment / Harold W. Watts2: |
Estimating Changes in Well-Being across Life: A Realized versus Comprehensive Income Approach / Richard V. Burkhauser ; J. S. Butler ; James T. Wilkinson Comment ; Lee A. Lillard3: |
Wealth, Realized Income, and the Measure of Well-Being Eugene Steuerle Comment / James D. Smith4: |
Inflation Vulnerability, Income, and Wealth of the Elderly, 1969-1979 / Michael D. Hurd ; John B. Shoven Comment ; Sheldon Danziger5: |
The Horizontal and Vertical Equity Characteristics of the Federal Individual Income Tax, 1966-1977 / Marcus C. Berliant ; Robert P. Strauss Comment ; T. N. Srinivasan6: |
Measuring the Benefits of Income Maintenance Programs / David Betson ; Jacques van der Gaag Comment ; F. Thomas Juster7: |
A Comparison of Measures of Horizontal Inequity / Robert Plotnick Comment ; Edward M. Gramlich8: |
Rewards for Continued Work: The Economic Incentives for Postponing Retirement / Olivia S. Mitchell ; Gary S. Fields Comment ; Joseph F. Quinn9: |
Income, Inequality, and Uncertainty: Differences between the Disabled and Nondisabled / Robert H. Haveman ; Barbara L. Wolfe Comment ; Dan Usher10: |
Household Wealth and Health Insurance as Protection against Medical Risks / Pamela J. Farley ; Gail R. Wilensky Comment ; Joseph P. Newhouse11: |
The Valuation of Environmental Risks Using Hedonic / Wage Models V. Kerry Smith ; Carol C. S. Gilbert Comment ; T. H. Tietenberg12: |
Interfamily Transfers and Income Redistribution / Donald Cox ; Fredric Raines Comment ; Paul L. Menchik13: |
Economic Consequences of Marital Instability / Greg J. Duncan ; Saul D. Hoffman Comment ; Isabel V. Sawhill14: |
Variations in the Economic Well-Being of Divorced Women and Their Children: The Role of Child Support Income / Andrea H. Beller ; John W. Graham Comment ; Irwin Garfinkel15: |
List of Contributors |
Author Index |
Subject Index |
Prefatory Note |
Acknowledgments |
Introduction / Martin David ; Timothy Smeeding |