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on income. This paper provides estimates of the effects of trade and immigration on income in a unified framework. We … income per capita unaffected because of an offsetting negative effect on TFP. In contrast, trade flows appear to increase … income per capita, mainly through TFP growth, and have no impact on the employment rate. The positive employment effect of …
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This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of … available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with … the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always associated with higher happiness scores, except in one case: whether growth …
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We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...
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