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Are there Regional Variations in the Psychological Cost of Unemployment in South Africa?

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - EconWPA - 2003

Are certain groups of unemployed individuals hurt less by unemployment than others? This paper is an attempt to test the hypothesis that non- pecuniary costs of unemployment may vary between societies with different unemployment rates. Using cross-sectional data from the SALDRU93 survey, we show...

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Should Central Banks Target Happiness? Evidence from Latin America

Luengas, Pavel; Ruprah, Inder J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

increasing as a proportion of the population. The evidence presented in this paper, combined with the low frequency of happiness … data, may not be sufficiently convincing for central banks to adopt happiness-targeting rule. However, happiness data would …

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