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Non-contributory pensions
Bando, Rosangela; Gertler, Paul; Galiani, Sebastián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944279
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Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
Alpaslan, AKAY; Olivier, BARGAIN; ZIMMERMANN Klaus F. - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
How the income of "relevant others" a¤ects well-being has received renewed interest in the recent literature using subjective data. Migrants constitutes a particularly interesting group to study this question: as they changed environment, they are likely to be concerned by several potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836769
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Comparing non-monetary deprivation and inequality levels in the EU countries
Noel, PI ALPERIN Maria - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2010
This paper analizes the links between non-monetary deprivation and inequalities in poverty levels in Europe. Non … Poverty (GIP). These two complementary indicators allow respectively to identify the principal characteristics of non …-monetary deprivation and the determinants of the inequalities in poverty. The study makes use of data for 22 European Countries based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642717
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Poverty Growth in Scandinavian Countries: A Sen Multi-decomposition
Stéphane, MUSSARD; Noel, PI ALPERIN Maria - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2010
by groups and income sources. The multi-decomposition of the poverty growth yields respectively: the growth rate of the … poverty incidence (poverty rate) decomposed by groups, the growth rate of the poverty depth (poverty gap ratios) decomposed by …-decomposition is not unique. It is mainly dependent on poverty lines defined on the space of income sources. An application to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646858
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Trends in individual income growth: measurement methods and British evidence
JENKINS Stephen P.; Philippe, VAN KERM - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
Assessments of whose income growth is the greatest and whose is the smallest are typically based on comparisons of income changes for income groups (e.g. rich versus poor) or income values (e.g. quantiles). However, income group and quantile composition changes over time because of income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098288
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Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US: Between Equity and Efficiency
Olivier, BARGAIN; Mathias, DOLLS; Dirk, NEUMANN; … - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
Whether observed di¤erences in redistributive policies across countries are the result of di¤erences in social preferences or e¢ ciency constraints is an important question that paves the debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To shed new light on this question, we estimate labor...
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Atacando Pobreza: Evaluación del Programa Fondo de Inversión Social de Panamá
Marcano, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
Durante la década de los noventa, los Fondos de Inversión Social fueron el mecanismo por excelencia para la entrega de obras sociales a poblaciones vulnerables en épocas de ajustes y crisis económicas. Desde entonces, los FIS se han convertido en instituciones con objetivos de más largo...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998027
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Does the Internet make people happier?
Thierry, PENARD; Nicolas, POUSSING; Raphaël, SUIRE - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
As people are spending more time online, it is important to evaluate the impact of Internet use on individual well-being. Internet use yields direct utility and economic returns (e.g. better job, higher productivity) that may increase life sa-tisfaction. But the Internet might also have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009208410
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Homemaking and women's well-being in Europe. Effect of divorce risk, selection and dominating gender-role attitudes
Malgorzata, MIKUCKA - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
Whereas it is known that employment affects individual well-being, the literature on the effect of homemaking is so far inconclusive. The paper investigates the effect of being a housewife on well-being of women, using European Values Study data for 36 European countries (year 2008) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804705
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Unemployment and well-being in Europe. The effect of country unemployment rate, work ethics and family ties
Malgorzata, MIKUCKA - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
Subjective well-being literature shows that higher unemployment rate corresponds to lower psychological cost of own unemployment. The goal of the paper is to deepen the understanding of this regularity by investigating the role played by the work ethics and the strength of family ties. I analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008835376