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Una misurazione del benessere nelle regioni italiane

Grasso, Marco - EconWPA - 2004

La limitazione del benessere ai soli aspetti reddituali ignora numerose dimensioni e condizioni fondamentali per il realizzarsi delle potenzialità individuali. Obiettivo dell’articolo è quello di fornire una misura multidimensionale di benessere per le Regioni italiane, che superi la...

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A Model of Demographic and Economic Processe Interaction

Olenev, Nicholas; Sarancha, Dmitry - EconWPA - 2003

This paper gives a description of fertility influence on education level of population and its well-being. We carry out the consideration by a demographic model keeping age structure. We suppose that (i) a part of GDP ia used for investment in education, (ii) the production level depends on the...

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The Role of Social Capital in Economic Development. Investigating the Causal Nexus through Structural Equations Models

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the causal nexus connecting social capital’s diverse aspects to the “quality” of economic development in Italy. The analysis accounts for three main social capital dimensions (i.e. bonding, bridging and linking social capital) and measures...

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Economic Growth, Well-Being and Governance under Economic Reforms: Evidence from Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

This paper provides empirical evidence, from the study of sixteen major Indian states for the period 1980-2001, that under the economic reform process, the better institutional mechanism could actually help economies to grow faster with higher level of economic well-being. We estimate economic...

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Happiness in Eastern Europe

Hayo, Bernd - EconWPA - 2004

happiness in Eastern Europe. In addition, rural dwellers and church goers experience greater life- satisfaction. Aggregate …

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Correlating Growth with Well-Being during Economic Reforms Evidence from India and China

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

This paper investigates the hypothesis that economic growth is critical in inducing well-being during economic reforms. The regional (16 Indian states and 28 Chinese provinces) level study of India and China show that the quality of growth has been essential for well-being. We estimate level of...

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

Lelkes, Orsolya - EconWPA - 2005

between these two in the case of basic needs. For the analysis, individuals’ self-reported life satisfaction is used as a … social relations - significantly influence people’s satisfaction, ceteris paribus. Next, the stability of preferences is … between life satisfaction and basic measures of well-being despite the landslide of societal and economic transformation. …

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Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - EconWPA - 2003

This paper is the first of its kind to study quality of life responses of crime victims. Using cross-sectional data from the OHS97 survey of South Africa, we show that victims report significantly lower well-being than the non-victims, ceteris paribus. Happiness is lower for nonvictimized...

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

Lelkes, Orsolya - EconWPA - 2005

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