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The connexion between old and new approaches to financial satisfaction
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 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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Nursing home aversion post-pandemic : implications for savings and long-term care policy
Achou, Bertrand; De Donder, Philippe; Glenzer, Franca; … - 2021
COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes during the recent pandemic, which received ample media coverage, may have lasting negative impacts on individuals’ perceptions regarding nursing homes. We argue that this could have sizable and persistent implications for savings and long-term care policies....
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
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The application of the capability approach to high-income OECD countries : a preliminary survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - 2011
-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA applications related to general well-being, inequalities, poverty and human … ; high income countries ; general well being ; poverty ; human development ; assessing capabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011367
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Banking in the shadow of bitcoin? : the institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies
Auer, Raphael A.; Farag, Marc; Lewrick, Ulf; Orazem, Lovrenc - 2023
The phenomenal growth of cryptocurrencies raises important questions about their footprint on the financial system. What role are traditional financial intermediaries playing in cryptocurrency markets and what drives their engagement? Are new nodes emerging? We help answer these questions by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250401
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Measuring unfair inequality : reconciling equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty
Hufe, Paul; Kanbur, Ravi; Peichl, Andreas - 2018
fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty …
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Cash transfer programs and household labor supply
Del Boca, Daniela; Pronzato, Chiara Daniela; Sorrenti, … - 2020
Employment contributes to reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210914
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The effect of international sanctions on the size of the middle class in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Habibi, Nader - 2024
This study examines the impact of international economic sanctions, imposed on Iran due to its nuclear program, on the development of the middle class. Specifically, it investigates how the middle class in Iran would have developed in the absence of these sanctions post-2012. To address this...
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Income dependent equivalence scales, inequality, and poverty
Dudel, Christian; Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Ott, Notburga; … - 2015
Most equivalence scales which are applied in research on poverty and inequality do not depend on income, although there … differing assessments of poverty and inequality under quite general conditions. German microdata will be used to demonstrate and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374211
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Poverty and welfare measurement on the basis of prospect theory
Jäntti, Markus; Kanbur, Ravi; Nyyssölä, Milla; … - 2013
This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account reference … differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated based on … ; poverty ; inequality ; welfare measurement ; vulnerability …
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