"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 …

decades, raising policy challenges in areas such as employment, income security, health care, and aged care. The term silver … knowledge gaps exist-employment, income security, and aged care …

a dramatic fall in income at retirement time; and, "third pillar" or "pillar three" to the instruments, and institutions … available on a voluntary basis for workers to increase their income in old age. This report intends to explore, and present … restoring the multiple pillars of formal old age income security. The report reviews the current pillars of Peru's retirement …