The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) is a comprehensive tool to assess the economic determinants of household living standards. It reflects the impacts of the changes in the labor and financial markets, government expenditures and taxes, and provisioning of nonmarket domestic services by households for their own use. The LIMEW is designed to provide an alternative picture to standard measures (e.g., household disposable income) of the level and distribution of economic well-being among the population as a whole and subgroups such as racial groups, social classes, or types of families.
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Working Paper No. 703
January 06, 2012
A Comparison of Inequality and Living Standards in Canada and the United States Using an Expanded Measure of Economic Well-Being
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Working Paper No. 680
July 26, 2011
The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being: Estimates for Canada, 1999 and 2005
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Working Paper No. 679
July 25, 2011
The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being, France, 1989 and 2000
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Working Paper No. 676
July 18, 2011
Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the 1989 and 2000 LIMEW Estimates for France
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Working Paper No. 667
April 20, 2011
The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being, Great Britain, 1995 and 2005
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Working Paper No. 663
March 29, 2011
Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the 1995 and 2005 LIMEW Estimates for Great Britain
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Working Paper No. 618
September 16, 2010
Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the 1992 and 2007 LIMEW Estimates for the United States
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Working Paper No. 615
September 01, 2010
Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the 1999 and 2005 LIMEW Estimates for Canada
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Research Project Report
November 16, 2009
Has Progress Been Made in Alleviating Racial Economic Inequality?
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Research Project Report
April 09, 2009
New Estimates of Economic Inequality in America, 1959—2004
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Research Project Report
February 19, 2009
What Are the Long-Term Trends in Intergroup Economic Disparities?
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Research Project Report
February 03, 2009
Postwar Trends in Economic Well-Being in the United States,1959–2004