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Mapping sustainable development in a capability perspective

Grasso, Marco; Giulio, Enzo Di - EconWPA - 2003

The importance of the notion of sustainable development has been advocated, among others, by Amartya Sen. In Sen’s view it is necessary to depart from the general strategy of defining sustainable development only in terms of fulfilment of needs and to use the broader perspective of enhancing...

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A dynamic operationalization of Sen's capability approach

Grasso, Marco - EconWPA - 2002

The limits of the utilitarian approach have led to a search for different notions of welfare. The income approach to well-being, in fact, doesn’t account for the diversity in human beings and for the heterogeneities of contingent circumstances. Amartya Sen, looking for broader notions of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134627

Knowing what is good for you. Empirical analysis of personal preferences and the “objective good”

Lelkes, Orsolya - EconWPA - 2004

’s “experienced utility”. The proxy for utility is overall life satisfaction. The results indicate that various measures of well … estimated micro-econometric life satisfaction equations suggest that an individual’s labour market situation, housing conditions … and social relations significantly contribute to his overall life satisfaction, over and above the level of his income …

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Application of Economic Concepts on Religious Behavior

Mangeloja, Esa - EconWPA - 2003

This survey gathers the current state of research activity on the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. The religious beliefs and activities are analyzed from the viewpoint of economic theory and behavior. The advanced statistical tools and theoretical formulations of economic...

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Subjective Economic Well-Being in Eastern Europe

Hayo, Bernd; Seifert, Wolfgang - EconWPA - 2002

well-being explains a significant part of the variation in overall life satisfaction of Eastern Europeans. In an ordered …

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MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPINESS : A PRIORITY IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Dr.VSR.Subramaniam - EconWPA - 2005

lead people towards more satisfaction and happiness (Geometric Model) …

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Rebuilding the State in Areas Affected by Political Violence: The Case of Rural Communities in Ayacucho, Peru

Velazco, Jackeline - EconWPA - 2004

During the 1980s, the Peruvian society was deeply affected by two significant events: a) the economic crisis that ended in recession and hyperinflation and, b) the spread of political violence, in particular in Ayacucho, in the central Andean highlands. Taking this into account, the conditions...

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Gender Inequality in a Globalizing World

Seguino, Stephanie - EconWPA - 2005

Emphasis on market-friendly macroeconomic and development strategies in recent years has resulted in deleterious effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example of East Asia states, which recognized their position as...

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The Water Poverty Index: an International Comparison

Lawrence, Peter; Meigh, Jeremy; Sullivan, Caroline - EconWPA - 2002

This paper reports on the construction of an International Water Poverty Index, part of the first phase of a research project into building a locally based version of the index. The purpose of the Water Poverty Index is to express an interdisciplinary measure which links household welfare with...

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Tectonic shifts in the structures of international inequality?

TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005

The article analyses further develops the neo-dependency approach already presented by the same author and looks at recent time series trends in the structure of international capital penetration, international savings, and the dynamics of “unequal transfer” and their effects on social...

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