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well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up …
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In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to … analogue of the objective income concept and includes objective income inequality as a special case. The paper introduces a … method to decompose Income Satisfaction Inequality according to the contributions from variables such as income, education …
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A model is developed for peasant households in land abundant areas who choose between two technologies for land preparation: a manual one and one using draught animals. For draught a minimum number of animals is required so that a technological non convexity exists. It follows that certain...
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Meritocratic fairness justifies inequality when it stems from performance. Yet performance is influenced by one … generating performance inequality. In an incentivized online experiment, impartial spectators can redistribute the earnings that … generating performance inequality. …
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The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extendedby the UN has been both widely used and … strongly criticized. The criticisms raisequestions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general … new dataset of consistent inequality series,allowing us to explore problems of measurement error. In addition, the new …
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Meta-analysis is a research method to synthesise previously obtained researchresults. It is best seen as a statistical approach towards reviewing and summarising theliterature. This paper aims to introduce and critically review the research method ofmeta-analysis and to illustrate its potential...
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the stock prices of these companies using entropy measures. The entropy and Mutual Information (MI) statistics permit an …
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commonly used in the literature. We also show how a formulation of a taste for variety as entropy that had been previously used …
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method to unravel the contributions of income growth, income inequality and differential income mobility across socio … Conditions (SILC) for the period 2004-2012. We find a modest rise in health inequality by income in Spain in the five years of … age may reduce health inequality in the short run after an economic recession. …
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After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics. In Section 3 we consider the practical applicability of happiness economics, retaining the...
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