This paper analyzes the main determinants of tenure choice in Brazil in formal and informal housing markets. Logit and … good predictors for formal ownership. Education enhances the probability of being in the formal housing markets, either as …

according to income levels and gender. This paper is based on the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) carried out by the … (MAs) in the country, than the in the other MAs. Second, workers in the poorest population segment (1st income decile … Belem. Fourth, the data reveal worsening conditions for urban transport since 1992 as reflected in longer average commuting …

Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And … samples since 1972) comparator income has a negative effect on happiness equal in magnitude to the positive effect of own … income. 2) In the West German Socio-Economic Panel since 1984 the same is true but with lifesatisfaction as the dependant …

economic geography models for the distribution of income and production across space. The discussion highlights connections … with other research in regional and urban economics, identification issues, potential alternative explanations and possible …

In questions inserted into the 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel we ask subjects to report their income … data we are able to study how important income comparisons are to subjective well-being, and which comparisons are … relatively more important. We find substantial gender differences, with income comparisons being much better predictors of …