"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …

contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …

ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …

"Do public sector workers earn a wage premium in Djibouti and are the returns to education different across the sectors … sector. Workers in the public sector earn higher private rates of return to education than do private sector workers with …

transition -- Learning environment and outcomes -- Education expenditure and financing -- Disparity -- Education governance and … management -- Improving education: the cost of policy choices -- Appendices -- Appendix 2.1. Smoothing of the Sierra Leone …

males, the age and education differences between partners tended to decline. The period had a lasting impact on the … educational attainment of the population. The education system collapsed during the period, so individuals--especially males …