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Multidimensional poverty with missing attributes

Acharya, Avidit; Roemer, John E. - In: Economics Letters 130 (2015) C, pp. 51-55

We show how to minimize the probability of misclassifying individuals as being poor or not poor when data on some of their relevant attributes are missing, but an estimate of the population distribution of attributes is available.

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Reinterpreting the Frisch parameter in the field of personal taxation: A link between taxable capacity and social marginal utility in Optimal Taxation

Faíña, Andrés; López-Rodríguez, Jesús; … - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 1, pp. 81-83

We give an objective meaning to the concept of taxable capacity and establish a theoretical link between Optimal Taxation Theory (OTT) and the proposals of the Carter and Meade Reports, solving at the same time Kay’s (2008) criticism to both approaches.

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New weighting scheme for the dimensions in multidimensional poverty indices

Belhadj, Besma - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 3, pp. 304-307

By now, there is a wide range of methods to construct multidimensional well-being indices, differing in the way they transform, aggregate and weight the relevant dimensions. This paper uses a fuzzy theory approach to propose a new weighting scheme for the dimensions. These weights play a crucial...

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Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India

Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg; Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 2, pp. 252-255

We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 2007) in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health measure.

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About time: Daylight Saving Time transition and individual well-being

Kountouris, Yiannis; Remoundou, Kyriaki - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 1, pp. 100-103

Daylight Saving Time is controversial due to its alleged negative impact on individual well-being. Using panel data from Germany we find evidence that the transition to summer time has negative influence on general life satisfaction and mood, which is stronger for those in full time employment.

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Is soccer good for you? The motivational impact of big sporting events on the unemployed

Doerrenberg, Philipp; Siegloch, Sebastian - In: Economics Letters 123 (2014) 1, pp. 66-69

We examine the effect of salient international soccer tournaments on the motivation of unemployed individuals to search for employment using the German Socio Economic Panel 1984–2010. Exploiting the random scheduling of survey interviews, we find significant effects on motivational variables...

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Heresy or enlightenment? The well-being age U-shape effect is flat

Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 1, pp. 235-238

The otherwise seemingly robust age U-shape effect on life satisfaction in pooled OLS regressions is refuted with the German SOEP when controlling for panel fixed effects and respondent experience in the panel. Interviewer characteristics also impact significantly on life satisfaction responses.

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Survey misreporting of welfare receipt—Respondent, interviewer, and interview characteristics

Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Müller, Gerrit; Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Economics Letters 129 (2015) C, pp. 103-107

We use matched survey and administrative data to study interviewer and interview related determinants of misreporting on welfare receipt in interviews. In our data, 12.2 % of German welfare recipients underreport benefit receipt. We find that underreporting is more likely in formal and...

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An exercise to evaluate an anti-poverty program with multiple outcomes using program evaluation

Tonmoy Islam, T.M. - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 2, pp. 365-369

To measure the effectiveness of programs with multiple outcomes, I combine multidimensional poverty measures with … difference-in-difference matching estimators. I apply this technique on an anti-poverty program and show it is a more … comprehensive measure of poverty reduction than a unidimensional measure. …

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Chronic and transient poverty in rural China

Wan, Guanghua; Zhang, Yuan - In: Economics Letters 119 (2013) 3, pp. 284-286

This paper rectifies the poverty decomposition framework of Rodgers and Rodgers (1993) which violates the Focus Axiom … of Sen (1976). An empirical application of the rectified technique reveals that poverty in rural China was dominated by …

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