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Subjective Well-being, Income, and Ethnicity in Slovakia
Želinský, Tomáš - 2021
well-being associated with a marginal increase in income is larger for poorer than for richer populations. This hypothesis … that the correlation between income and satisfaction is greater for the lower-income group (the Roma) than for the higher-income … group (majority population). Further, the correlation between income and emotional well-being does not differ between the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012593315
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The effect of culture on home-ownership
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2018
In this paper, we analyze the role of culture in determining whether, or not, an individual is a homeowner. We use data on first-generation immigrants who arrived in the United States under 6 years old. Following the epidemiological approach, those early-arrival immigrants grew up under the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895585
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Identity and Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants
Carillo, Maria Rosaria; Lombardo, Vincenzo; Venittelli, … - 2021
This paper explores the relationship between social identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants. Using survey data from Italy, we provide robust evidence that immigrants with stronger feelings of belonging to the societies of both the host and home country have higher employment rates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390745
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The Economics of Being LGBT. A Review: 2015-2020
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660930
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Gender division of household labor: How does culture operate?
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2019
In this paper, we examine whether culture plays a role in the gender division of household labor. To explore this issue, we use data on early-arrival first and second generation immigrants living in the United States. Since all these individuals have grown up under the same laws, institutions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039532
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Decomposing poverty in hard times: Greece 2007-2016
Andriopoulou, Eirini; Kanavitsa, Eleni; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2020
The Greek economic crisis resulted in a decline in household disposable income by more than 40%. Even though all … population groups lost income in absolute terms, some were substantially more severely hit by the crisis. The paper examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224923
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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: A Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty and Regional Heterogeneity
Odozi, John; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022
Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013411419
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Land Access and Poverty among Agricultural Households in Nigeria
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyel, Ruth - 2024
The problem of land inequality has attracted renewed interest in the development literature due to its potential effects on the welfare of smallholder farmers. Poverty reduction is an important sustainable development goal and a clearer understanding of the factors that could lead to poverty is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015047312