Generations and the Distribution of Economic Well-Being A Cross-National View
比较了加拿大、瑞典、英国和美国四国不同世代人群的经济福祉差异，聚焦1974至1994年间各年龄组的相对收入、贫困率和社会支出，为后续研究个体经济行为提供跨国视角。
This paper explores differences in economic well-being across cohorts of the population in four modern nations (Canada, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States). It focuses on relative incomes within countries, poverty rates and social expenditures by age group over the 1974 to 1994 period. Cross-national patterns of level (most recent years data) and trend are both explored. This work follows in the long tradition of Richard Easterlin to examine patterns of economic change over the life cycle from a cross-national perspective. Ultimately, economists are primarily interested in the ways in which individuals respond to economic conditions in terms of choice of housing arrangements, marriage, childbearing, and work status. Our work will eventually explore each of these arenas from a cross-national perspective. This paper should therefore be seen as an appetizer for a wider range of in-depth explorations to follow.