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Health and the Evolution of Welfare across Brazilian Municipalities
Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper describes the pattern of reductions in mortality across Brazilian municipalities between 1970 and 2000, and … expectancy has shifted consistently in the recent past. But reductions in mortality within Brazil have been more homogeneously … in mortality. The results suggest that gains in life expectancy had a welfare value equivalent to 39% of the growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703518
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Work to Live or Live to Work? Unemployment, Happiness, and Culture
Krause, Annabelle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
significantly negative effect on life satisfaction in Switzerland. I furthermore present evidence which confirms to some extent the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369412
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The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We investigate the racial gap in test scores between black and white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is an increasing racial gap in test scores between ages 7 and 11, and a decreasing one between ages 11 and 16. Using the richness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703084
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Attitudes toward Uncertainty among the Poor: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Akay, Alpaslan; Martinsson, Peter; Medhin, Haileselassie; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We looked at risk and ambiguity attitudes among Ethiopian peasants in one of the poorest regions of the world and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004556
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Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties
Winters, John V.; Li, Yu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
asks respondents to rate their overall life satisfaction. Using individual-level SWB data allows us to control for several … having a significant positive effect on self-reported life-satisfaction. Implications for researchers and policymakers are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264781
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Wages, Rents and Heterogeneous Moving Costs
Krupka, Douglas James; Donaldson, Kwame - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The model of compensating differentials in regional labor markets was developed by Roback (1982). The model interprets regional differences in constant quality wages and rents as compensating firms and residents for inter-regional differences in amenities. The model assumes that the costs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233845
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The New Stylized Facts about Income and Subjective Well-Being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635588
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Climate Amenities, Climate Change, and American Quality of Life
Albouy, David; Graf, Walter; Kellogg, Ryan; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We present a hedonic framework to estimate U.S. households' preferences over local climates, using detailed weather and 2000 Census data. We find that Americans favor an average daily temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit, will pay more on the margin to avoid excess heat than cold, and are not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010638879
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Differences in Quality of Life Estimates Using Rents and Home Values
Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Quality of life differences across areas can be measured by differences in “real wages”, where real wages are computed as nominal wages adjusted for the cost of living. Computing cost of living differences involves several important issues, including how housing prices should be measured....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695854
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Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross Sectional and Time Series Evidence
Easterlin, Richard A.; Angelescu, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
, the sequence of improvements in various aspects of QoL is not always the same from one part of the world to another. And … sometimes, as in the case of happiness and life satisfaction, QoL indicators remain unchanged despite a doubling or more of real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703354