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The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
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between La Réunion and France is persistent in the three dimensions of the HDI: health, education and even more in the … monetary income dimension. …
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We analyze the effects of a school-based incentive program on children's exercise habits. The program offers children …
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We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health … causality mechanisms between these three components (school absenteeism, health status and child labor) can occur either way, it …
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We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health … causality mechanisms between these three components (school absenteeism, health status and child labor) can occur either way, it …
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disaggregated French panel data from 2003 to 2006. It incorporates household price responsiveness that differs across income groups …
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reduce child mortality and that the impact of health aid is non-linear, suggesting that health aid is more effective in the … seem to be more effective in reducing mortality for children belonging to the richest households, whereas neither pro …-poor nor anti-poor effect is found for health aid. …
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In an environment marked by ever-greater international competition, wine sector companies have been seriously questioning the structure of their entire logistics chain. This is due to the emergence of new actors (i.e., large retailers); the diversification of service providers' product offers;...
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The idea behind this paper is to counter traditional thinking on economic and social development that considers development as dependent byproduct of macroeconomic policies led by governments, or as a sole byproduct of entrepreneurial dynamics on the micro level. The idea we are defending here...
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There is now a great deal of micro-econometric evidence, both cross-section and panel, showing that income is … measures of utility, and resolve the Easterlin paradox by appealing to income comparisons: these can be to others (social …
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