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Social Housing and Location Choices of Immigrants in France

Fougère, Denis; Kramarz, Francis; Rathelot, Roland; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Our study examines the empirical links between social housing policy and location choices of immigrants in France. More specifically, we characterize the main individual and contextual determinants of the probability for immigrants to live in a HLM (habitations à loyer modéré, dwelling with a...

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The Connexion between Old and New Approaches to Financial Satisfaction

Praag, Bernard M. S. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

In this paper we compare the new satisfaction evaluation approach, developed in the nineties by Oswald, Clark, Blanchflower and others with the older income evaluation (IEQ) approach, developed by Van Praag and Kapteyn in the seventies of the previous century. We find that both approaches yield...

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Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-being

Graham, Carol Lee; Nikolova, Milena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Life evaluations and emotional states are distinct subjective well-being (SWB) components. We explore the relationship between opportunities and SWB dimensions, distinguishing between actual capabilities and means (education, employment, and income) and perceived opportunities (autonomy and...

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Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia Is Not a Paradox

Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …

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Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam

Binci, Michele; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys, we investigate average school attendance and child labour in remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The...

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The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data

De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; Ward, George W.; De Keulenaer, Femke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth? Using subjective well-being data, we observe an asymmetry in the way positive and negative economic growth are experienced. We find that measures of life satisfaction and affect are more than twice as sensitive to...

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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...

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Social Segregation in Secondary Schools: How Does England Compare with Other Countries?

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We provide new evidence about the degree of social segregation in England’s secondary schools, employing a cross-national perspective. Analysis is based on data for 27 rich industrialised countries from the 2000 and 2003 rounds of the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA), using...

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Does the Effect of Incentive Payments on Survey Response Rates Differ by Income Support History?

Baron, Juan; Breunig, Robert; Cobb-Clark, Deborah; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper asks which sub-groups of the population are affected by the payment of a small cash incentive to respond to a telephone survey. We find that an incentive improves response rates primarily amongst those individuals with the longest history of income support receipt. Importantly, these...

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Inequality of Learning in Industrialised Countries

Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Within-country differences in educational outcomes are compared for a large group of industrialised countries. We investigate where inequality is greatest, the association between inequality in learning and average levels of learning, the interpretation of measured levels of inequality, and...

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