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Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods: is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities … areas with a larger proportion of own ethnic group promotes well-being. We find that satisfaction is lower among minorities …, ceteris paribus, but area concentration is associated with higher life satisfaction for certain groups. We discuss the …

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Knowing what is good for you: empirical analysis of personal preferences and the 'objective good'

Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics (LSE) - 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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What can local authorities do to improve the social care-related quality of life of older adults living at home?: evidence from the adult social care survey

van Leeuwen, K.M.; Malley, J.; Bosmans, J.E.; Jansen, A.P.D. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Local authorities spend considerable resources on social care at home for older adults. Given the expected growth in the population of older adults and budget cuts on local government, it is important to find efficient ways of maintaining and improving the quality of life of older adults. The...

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One man's rags are another man's riches: identifying adaptive preferences using panel data

Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

satisfaction of aspirations or expectations, and if these are affected by the individual’s previous experience of deprivation or … scaling of satisfaction. The results show that year on year, individuals who have experienced a fall in income since the …. This suggests that income is a poor proxy for satisfaction but it does not provide firm evidence for the existence of …

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The rise of mass consumption societies

Matsuyama, Kiminori - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper develops a model to understand mechanisms behind the rise of mass consumption societies. The development process depicted in the model follows the Flying Geese pattern, in which a series of industries takes off one after another. As productivity improves in these industries, each...

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Inequality in Greece: an analysis by income source

Papatheodorou, Christos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

This paper employs a decomposition analysis of inequality by income source to understand and explain particular aspects of income inequality in Greece. The results suggest that entrepreneurial income is the most significant contributor to overall inequality in Greece. It is also shown that there...

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The Effect of Minimum Wages Throughout the Wage Distribution.

Neumark, D.; Schweitzer, M.; Wascher, W. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

This paper provides evidence on a wide set of margins along which labor markets can adjust in response to increases in the minimum wage, including wages, hours, employment, and ultimately labor income, representing the central margins of adjustment that impact the economic well-being of workers...

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Decomposing inequality in Greece: results and policy implications

Papatheodorou, Christos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper investigates the extent to which certain social characteristics and personal attributes could help explain income inequality in Greece. This analysis is quite revealing for understanding and explaining income idfferences among certain population subgroups with apparent policy...

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On the measurement of polarisation: a questionnaire study

Amiel, Yoram; Cowell, Frank - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

Starting from the axiomatisation of polarisation contained in Esteban and Ray (1994) and Chakravarty and Majumdar (2001) we investigate whether people's perceptions of income polarisation is consistent with the key axioms. This is carried out using a questionnaire-experimental approach that...

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Static and dynamic poverty in Spain, 1993-2000

Barcena, E; Cowell, Frank - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We focus on the statics and dynamics of poverty in Spain using data from the first eight waves of the European Community Household Panel from 1994 to 2001, a period not sufficiently covered by recent literature. The results confirm the pattern of poverty changes noted by other authors for the...

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