The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being

Research Program

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.

Associated Programs

The Distribution of Income, Wealth and Well-being

Associated Scholars

43 Related Publications

Press Release 14 March 2022
Levy Institute Receives $90,000 to Study Potential Impacts of Policies that Expand Care Services in Mexico
Mark Primoff
Press Release 10 February 2022
Levy Economics Institute Receives $80,000 Grant to Explore Links between Public Spending and Economic Insecurity
Levy Blog
29 November 2021
New US Consumption Gauge To Include Unpaid Work, Housing
Levy Blog
Research Project Report 01 April 2019
Investing in Early Childhood Education and Care in Kyrgyz Republic
Kijong Kim and İpek Ilkkaracan
One Pager No.57 10 September 2018
Stagnating Economic Well-Being Amid Rising Government Support
Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson and Fernando Rios-Avila
Working Paper No.914 05 September 2018
Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2013, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2013, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2014
Fernando Rios-Avila
Working Paper No.912 29 August 2018
The Sources and Methods Used in the Creation of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being for the United States, 1959–2013
Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson and Fernando Rios-Avila
Public Policy Brief No.146 16 August 2018
Stagnating Economic Well-Being and Unrelenting Inequality
Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson and Fernando Rios-Avila
Press Release 22 December 2017
Time Deficits and Hidden Poverty Threaten to Undermine U.N.’S Sustainable Development Goals, New Levy Institute Study Says
Mark Primoff
Working Paper No.798 01 May 2014
Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2010, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2010, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2011
Fernando Rios-Avila
03 February 2012
Canada Income Inequality: Study Shows Government Policies Growing Less Effective at Narrowing Gap
Levy Blog
Working Paper No.703 06 January 2012
A Comparison of Inequality and Living Standards in Canada and the United States Using an Expanded Measure of Economic Well-Being
Selçuk Eren, Andrew Sharpe, Elspeth Hazell, Edward N. Wolff, Ajit Zacharias and Thomas Masterson

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The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being

Research Program

Associated Programs

Associated Scholars

43 Related Publications

Levy Institute Receives $90,000 to Study Potential Impacts of Policies that Expand Care Services in Mexico

Levy Economics Institute Receives $80,000 Grant to Explore Links between Public Spending and Economic Insecurity

New US Consumption Gauge To Include Unpaid Work, Housing

Investing in Early Childhood Education and Care in Kyrgyz Republic

Stagnating Economic Well-Being Amid Rising Government Support

Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2013, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2013, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2014

The Sources and Methods Used in the Creation of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being for the United States, 1959–2013

Stagnating Economic Well-Being and Unrelenting Inequality

Time Deficits and Hidden Poverty Threaten to Undermine U.N.’S Sustainable Development Goals, New Levy Institute Study Says

Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2010, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2010, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2011

Canada Income Inequality: Study Shows Government Policies Growing Less Effective at Narrowing Gap

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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