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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 …

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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...

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‘More Children, More Happiness?’: New Evidence from Elderly Parents in China

Gao, Yanyan; Qu, Zhaopeng - 2019

and receiving in-kind transfers from children. The heterogeneity analysis also shows that the effect of children on …

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Are Grandparents a Good Substitute for Parents as the Primary Caregiver? The Impact of Grandparents on Children's Academic Performance

Wang, Sophie Xuefei; Bansak, Cynthia - 2022

This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS 2010 and 2014). Applying pooled OLS, instrumental variables and fixed-effects models with panel data estimation techniques, we find...

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Children and Female Employment in Mongolia

Nikolova, Elena; Polansky, Jakub - 2022

Although a large body of literature has argued that motherhood has a profound and long-lasting negative effect on the employment and earnings of women, there is little evidence focusing on the post-communist region. This paper exploits the latest round of the EBRD-World Bank Life in Transition...

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Evaluating intergenerational persistence of economic preferences: A large scale experiment with families in Bangladesh

Chowdhury, Shyamal; Sutter, Matthias; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018

Economic preferences – like time, risk and social preferences – have been shown to be very influential for real-life outcomes, such as educational achievements, labor market outcomes, or health status. We contribute to the recent literature that has examined how and when economic preferences...

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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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