{"671390":{"#nid":"671390","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Inequality in Well-Being Increasing in the United States","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew research by School of Economics Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/shatakshee-dhongde\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EShatakshee Dhongde\u003C\/a\u003E combines multidimensional inequality measurements to better understand disparity in the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/roiw.12665\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHer paper,\u003C\/a\u003E published with co-authors Prasanta K. Pattanaik, a faculty member at University of California Riverside, and Yongsheng Xu, a faculty member at Georgia State University, appeared in The Review of Income and Wealth. In it, the researchers propose a new approach to measuring inequality in well-being. The paper uses U.S. Census data on three indicators of well-being \u2014 income, education, and health \u2014 to find that multidimensional inequality increased in the United States between 2010 and 2019. Two notable findings include:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1. The combination of education and income has become increasingly unequal.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, median education levels were relatively evenly distributed across incomes, with median education reported as \u0022some college, but no degree\u201d for all income brackets. However, by 2019, the top two income brackets saw an increase in median education to \u201cbachelors degree or higher,\u201d while the bottom two income brackets reported a decrease in median education levels to \u201chigh school diploma.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2. Multidimensional well-being has increased for everyone except the lowest earners.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWell-being measurements rose by more than 12% for the top three groups of earners between 2010 and 2019. Earners in the middle five groups also saw an increase in well-being, although less than the 12% that the top brackets enjoyed. In contrast, the bottom two income brackets experienced a decrease in well-being. Although their incomes rose slightly, a decline in educational attainment led to a lower well-being score overall.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn conclusion, the paper \u0022highlights the importance of measuring multidimensional well-being\u0022 for \u0022a comprehensive picture of changes in the quality of life in a society over time,\u0022 Dhongde and her co-authors write.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cInequality in Multidimensional Well-Being in the United States\u201d was published in \u003C\/em\u003EThe Review of Income and Wealth.\u003Cem\u003E It is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/roiw.12665\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/roiw.12665\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew research by School of Economics Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde combines multidimensional inequality measurements to better understand disparity in the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New research by School of Economics Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde combines multidimensional inequality measurements to better understand disparity in the United States. 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