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Working Papers

2018

1. Stagnating Economic Well-Being Amid Rising Government Support
   Economics One-Pager Archive, Levy Economics Institute
2. Stagnating Economic Well-Being and Unrelenting Inequality: Post-2000 Trends in the United States
   Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
3. The Sources and Methods Used in the Creation of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being for the United States, 1959-2013
   Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
4. Wage Employment and the Prospects of Women's Economic Empowerment: Some Lessons from Ghana and Tanzania
   Economics Policy Note Archive, Levy Economics Institute

2017

5. How Time Deficits and Hidden Poverty Undermine the Sustainable Development Goals
   Economics Policy Note Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)
6. The Great Recession and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being
   Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Great Recession and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2016

7. Measuring Poverty in the Case of Buenos Aires: Why Time Deficits Matter
   Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute

2014

8. Can Child-care Subsidies Reduce Poverty? Assessing the Korean Experience Using the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty
   Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
9. How Poor Is Turkey? And What Can Be Done About It?
   Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute
10. Time Deficits and Hidden Poverty in Korea
    Economics One-Pager Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)
11. Time and Consumption Poverty in Turkey
    Economics One-Pager Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (5)

2013

12. WHY TIME DEFICITS MATTER: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING AND COMBATING POVERTY IN TURKEY
    EY International Congress on Economics I (EYC2013), October 24-25, 2013, Ankara, Turkey, Ekonomik Yaklasim Association

2012

13. A Comparison of Inequality and Living Standards in Canada and the United States Using an Expanded Measure of Economic Well-Being
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (4)
    Also in CSLS Research Reports, Centre for the Study of Living Standards (2012) View citations (3)
14. It's About 'Time': Why Time Deficits Matter for Poverty
    Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (16)
15. Uncovering the Hidden Poor: The Importance of Time Deficits
    Economics One-Pager Archive, Levy Economics Institute

2011

16. Investing in Social Care Delivery
    Economics One-Pager Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
17. The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being, France, 1989 and 2000
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
18. The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being, Great Britain, 1995 and 2005
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (2011) View citations (2)
19. The Measurement of Time and Income Poverty
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (20)

2010

20. Investing in Care: A Strategy for Effective and Equitable Job Creation
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (11)
21. Why President Obama Should Care About 'Care': An Effective and Equitable Investment Strategy for Job Creation
    Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (3)

2009

22. Caste and Wealth Inequality in India
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)
23. Distributional Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-- A Microsimulation Approach
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (6)
24. Long-Term Trends in the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW), United States, 1959-2004
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (6)
25. Who Gains from President Obama's Stimulus Package... And How Much?
    Economics Policy Note Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (3)

2007

26. Class Structure and Economic Inequality
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Class structure and economic inequality, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society (2013) View citations (35) (2013)
27. Gender Disparities in Employment and Aggregate Profitability in the United States
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute

2006

28. Household Wealth and the Measurement of Economic Well-Being in the United States
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Household wealth and the measurement of economic well-being in the United States, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2009) View citations (71) (2009)
29. Net Government Expenditures and the Economic Well-Being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989-2001
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute
    See also Chapter Net Government Expenditures and the Economic Well-being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989–2001, Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan (2007) (2007)

2003

30. Household Wealth, Public Consumption and Economic Well-Being in the United States
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
    Also in Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003)
    See also Journal Article Household wealth, public consumption and economic well-being in the United States, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society (2005) View citations (6) (2005)
31. The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (18)

2002

32. A Note on the Hicksian Concept of Income
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)
    Also in Microeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany (2002) View citations (2)

2001

33. Testing Profit Rate Equalization in the U.S. Manufacturing
    Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
34. Testing Profit Rate Equalization in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector: 1947-1998
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (4)

1999

35. The Social Wage, Welfare Policy, and the Phases of Capital Accumulation
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)

Undated

36. Whither the Welfare State? The Macroeconomics of Social Policy
    Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2021

1. The impact of investing in social care on employment generation, time-, income-poverty by gender: A macro-micro policy simulation for Turkey
   World Development, 2021, 144, (C) View citations (7)

2019

2. The Great Recession and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2019, 53, (4), 1048-1069 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Great Recession and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being, Economics Working Paper Archive (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2016

3. A Comparison of Inequality and Living Standards in Canada and the United States Using an Extended Income Measure
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2016, 42, (2), 171-192

2014

4. Time Deficits and Poverty: The Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty for Turkey
   Ekonomik Yaklasim, 2014, 25, (91), 1-28 View citations (9)

2013

5. Class structure and economic inequality
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2013, 37, (6), 1381-1406 View citations (35)
   See also Working Paper Class Structure and Economic Inequality, Economics Working Paper Archive (2007) View citations (9) (2007)

2012

6. TRENDS IN AMERICAN LIVING STANDARDS AND INEQUALITY, 1959–2007
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58, (2), 197-232 View citations (14)

2011

7. Caste Stratification and Wealth Inequality in India
   World Development, 2011, 39, (10), 1820-1833 View citations (46)
8. Money, Enterprise and Income Distribution: Towards a Macroeconomic Theory of Capitalism, by John Smithin
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2011, 37, (4), 573-576

2009

9. Do Gender Disparities in Employment Increase Profitability? Evidence from the United States
   Feminist Economics, 2009, 15, (3), 133-161 View citations (3)
10. Household wealth and the measurement of economic well-being in the United States
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2009, 7, (2), 83-115 View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper Household Wealth and the Measurement of Economic Well-Being in the United States, Economics Working Paper Archive (2006) View citations (6) (2006)
11. New Look at the Economic Well-Being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989-2001
    Journal of Income Distribution, 2009, 18, (1), 146-179 View citations (1)

2007

12. THE DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND TAXATION IN THE U.S., 1989 AND 2000
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2007, 53, (4), 692-715 View citations (33)
13. The Impact of Wealth Inequality on Economic Well-Being
    Challenge, 2007, 50, (4), 65-87 View citations (2)
14. The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being United States, 1989-2001
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2007, 33, (4), 443-470 View citations (5)

2005

15. Household wealth, public consumption and economic well-being in the United States
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2005, 29, (6), 1073-1090 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Household Wealth, Public Consumption and Economic Well-Being in the United States, Economics Working Paper Archive (2003) View citations (1) (2003)

2002

16. Competition and profitability: A critique of Robert Brenner
    Review of Radical Political Economics, 2002, 34, (1), 19-34 View citations (1)

Chapters

2023

1. Poverty of time
   Chapter 30 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 316-325

2012

2. GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES
   Chapter 3 in Growth with Inequality An International Comparison on Income Distribution, 2012, pp 53-78

2007

3. Net Government Expenditures and the Economic Well-being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989–2001
   Palgrave Macmillan
   See also Working Paper Net Government Expenditures and the Economic Well-Being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989-2001, Levy Economics Institute (2006) (2006)

2006

4. An Overall Assessment of the Distributional Consequences of Government Spending and Taxation in the United States, 1989 and 2000
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)