Beyond GDP: The Relationship Between Economic Inequality and Overall Quality of Life

• In Event: Standing ePanel: Poverty and Inequality

Brief Overview

Using ordinary least squares to analyze the statistical relationship between measures of well-being and income inequality, we hypothesize a positive relationship between equality and both aggregate and micro-level indicators of well-being.

Authors

• Haley Clasen, Messiah College

• AnnaMarie Lively, Messiah College