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Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi; Artís Ortuño, … - 2009

This paper analyses the differential impact of human capital, in terms of different levels of schooling, on regional productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying spatial panel data techniques. The empirical...

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Money, well-being and loss aversion : does an income loss have a greater effect on well-being than an equivalent income gain?

Boyce, Christopher J.; Wood, Alex M.; Banks, James; … - 2014

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Adaptation to poverty in long-run panel data

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2014

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...

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Unequal growth: How household incomes and poverty in urban China have developed since 1988, with an emphasis on the period from 2007 to 2013

Gustafsson, Björn; Ding, Sai - 2017

was slower in the lower part of the income distribution and thus the trend of increased income inequality in urban China …This chapter investigates how household income, income inequality, and poverty among urban residents in China have … developed since 1988, with an emphasis on the period from 2007 to 2013. We use data from the China Household Income Project …

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Sweden's pensioners: how they have fared in the roller coaster ride through the past decade and a half of deep recession and economic exuberance

Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - 2007

characterized by increased influence from the financial market and extreme economic events using data from the Household Income … income of the pensioners fell behind that of workers and relative poverty increased. The analysis shows that the limited … resources of many of the elderly put them close to a socially interesting poverty line. Income inequality among the elderly has …

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Adaptation to Poverty in Long-Run Panel Data

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2014

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...

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Poverty profiles and well-being: Panel evidence from Germany

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2015

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...

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Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance

Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income …

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Data for studying earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China

Gustafsson, Björn; Li, Shi; Satō, Hiroshi - 2014

This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty …. This has had consequences for providing official data on wages, income and poverty which we discuss along with other … earnings, household income and poverty, and we present seven of these in the paper. …

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Why is there no income gap between the Hui Muslim minority and the Han majority in rural Ningxia, China?

Gustafsson, Björn; Ding, Sai - 2014

. Yet there is no gap in average disposable income between the two ethnic groups and poverty rates are very similar. This … paradox is due to members of Hui households earning more income outside the farm than members of Han households. Particularly … young male Hui living in poor villages have a remarkably high likelihood of migrating, thereby bringing home income to their …

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