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Measuring and understanding the well-being of South Africans: Everyday quality of life in South Africa

Higgs, Neil - In: Social Indicators Research 81 (2007) 2, pp. 331-356

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Youth and Well-Being: A South African Case Study

Makiwane, Monde; Kwizera, Stella - In: Social Indicators Research 91 (2009) 2, pp. 223-242

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Fiscal Prospects and Reforms in India

Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Poverty in India

Panagariya, Arvind; Mukim, Megha - In: Asian Development Review 31 (2014) 1, pp. 1-52

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that regardless of which of the two official … poverty lines we use, we see a steady decline in poverty in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated … growth between fiscal years 2004–2005 and 2009–2010 also led to an accelerated decline in poverty rates. Moreover, the …

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Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India

Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg; Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 2, pp. 252-255

We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 2007) in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health measure.

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Does non-farm sector employment reduce rural poverty and vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India

Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - In: Journal of Asian Economics 36 (2015) C, pp. 47-61

The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India – which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …

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Policy focus: A robust normative evaluation of India's performance in allocating risks of death

Gravel, Nicolas; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Tarroux, Benoit - In: Indian Growth and Development Review 1 (2008) 1, pp. 95-111

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a robust normative evaluation of the recent evolution of Indians' exposures to health-related risks. Design/methodology/approach – The paper compares empirically the distributions of individuals' risks of death in India on the basis of new...

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Measuring Subjective Issues of Well-Being and Quality of Life in the European Statistical System

Smedt, Marleen - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 1, pp. 153-167

Over the last decades, the European Statistical System has developed many European statistics and indicators to measure social progress and sustainable development. Initially only in a few cases the measuring instruments contained questions on subjective issues. With the adoption of its...

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Evidence-Based Well-Being/Positive Psychology Assessment and Intervention with Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching and the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI)

Frisch, Michael - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 2, pp. 193-227

Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching (also known as Quality of Life Therapy) is a comprehensive, manualized, theory-based, and, according to Diener (2013) and Seligman (Flourish, Free Press, NY, <CitationRef CitationID="CR134">2011</CitationRef>, p. 292), evidence-based approach to well being, happiness, and positive psychology intervention...</citationref>

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The Concept, Dimensions and Methods of Assessment of Human Well-Being within a Socioecological Context: A Literature Review

King, Megan; Renó, Vivian; Novo, Evlyn - In: Social Indicators Research 116 (2014) 3, pp. 681-698

The concept of well-being has evolved over the past several decades as research has continued to reveal its multidimensional, dynamic, person-specific and culture-specific nature. Most recently, the ecological embeddedness of well-being has also gained recognition, and this development of the...

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