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Economists are increasingly interested in subjective well-being, but the economic literature on perceptions of income … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …
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) - have significantly lower income aspiration when compared to Other Backward Class (OBC) and Other Caste (OC) participants … their lower income aspiration levels, in comparison with all other groups. Thus, our results support the hypothesis of …
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The objective of this paper is to analyse how immigrants' ethnic identity correlates with their labour market outcomes. More precisely, we estimate the role of ethnic identity in employment, wages, under-employment (i.e., they would prefer to work more hours but are not given the opportunity),...
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This study investigates the emotional experiences of immigrants and native- born individuals in the United States, exploring the relationship between daily activities and feelings of happiness, stress, and meaningfulness. We analyze the entire range of daily activities and their durations,...
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The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
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This paper investigates the role of social identity, namely gender and caste of individuals, in stream choice at the higher secondary level of schooling in India. We analyze the choice of science stream that is a crucial determinant of subsequent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...
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