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Does immigration raise natives' income? : national and regional evidence from Spain

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina (contributor); … - 2008

-receiving nations. Spain is no exception following the rapid increase in immigrant flows experienced over the past decade. We assess the … impact of immigration on Spanish natives' income by estimating the net immigration surplus accruing at the national level and … surplus ; Spain …

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Human capital spillovers, productivity and regional convergence in Spain

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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Happy people have children : choice and self-selection into parenthood

Cetre, Sophie; Clark, Andrew E.; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2016

age of 30 and who have higher income. We also provide evidence of a positive selection into parenthood, whereby happier …

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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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Winning big but feeling no better? The effect of lottery prizes on physical and mental health

Apouey, Bénédicte; Clark, Andrew E. - 2010

We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …

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Winning big but feeling no better? The effect of lottery prizes on physical and mental health

Apouey, Benedicte; Clark, Andrew E. - 2009

We use British panel data to explore the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes: general … us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won is largely exogenous. These … positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health. This result …

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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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468180

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500142

Effort and comparison income : experimental and survey evidence

Clark, Andrew E. (contributor); Masclet, David (contributor) - 2006

. The individual's rank in the income distribution is a stronger determinant of effort than others' average income …This paper considers the effect of status or relative income on work effort combining experimental evidence from a gift …: those who received higher income offers or had higher income rank in the past exert lower levels of effort for a given …

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