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Transition from Plan to Market, Height and Well-Being
Adserà, Alícia - 2019
Using newly available data, we re-evaluate the impact of transition from plan to market in former communist countries on objective and subjective well-being. We find clear evidence of the high social cost of early transition reforms: cohorts born around the start of transition are shorter than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861294
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Measuring the Shadow Economy : Endogenous Switching Regression with Unobserved Separation
Lichard, Tomas - 2012
We develop an estimator of unreported income, perhaps due to tax evasion, that does not depend on as strict identifying assumptions as previous estimators based on microeconomic data. The standard identifying assumption that the self-employed underreport income whereas wage and salary workers do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099400
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Did Post-Enlargement Labor Mobility Help the EU to Adjust During the Great Recession? The Case of Slovakia
Kahanec, Martin - 2014
This paper evaluates the mobility patterns of Slovaks into the rest of the European Union (EU) following Slovakia's EU … labor market conditions in receiving countries and Slovakia. We show that besides the standard demographic factors …, migration propensity was higher among the unemployed and from the more depressed regions of Slovakia. We conclude that labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052191
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Low-Skilled Jobs and Student Jobs : Employers' Preferences in Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Mytna Kurekova, Lucia - 2015
job offers posted online in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.The results show that the student labour market is quite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016348
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Engel Curves, Spatial Variation in Prices and Demand for Commodities in Côte D'Ivoire
Gbakou, Monnet - 2011
This paper aims to estimate the price and income elasticities of the demand for essential commodities in Cote d'Ivoire. Using data from the 2002 Cote d'Ivoire Living Standard Survey and a theoretical framework developed by Crawford et al. (2003), we analyse price effects on the demand for groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128830
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An Essay on Real Wage Index Numbers
Pencavel, John H. - 2011
Real wage index numbers have been used to measure movements in the standard of living of the typical worker. This paper describes some of these indicators for the United States and England. A new real wage index is proposed that resembles the sliding scale used to adjust wages in certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130789
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W. - 2011
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132818
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Work to Live or Live to Work? Unemployment, Happiness, and Culture
Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle - 2011
Happiness drops when individuals become unemployed. The negative impact of the unemployment shock, however, may differ by cultural background. To test the hypothesis of a 'Teutonic work ethic,' this paper takes advantage of Switzerland in its cultural diversity. By comparing different cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118278
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The Welfare Impact of Price Changes on Household Welfare and Inequality 1999-2010
Loughrey, Jason - 2011
This paper provides a single welfare measure to show the effects of consumer price changes upon households in Ireland between 1999 and 2010. This measure combines an efficiency component using a Linear Expenditure System (LES) and an equity component using the Atkinson Social Welfare Function....
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Differences in Quality of Life Estimates Using Rents and Home Values
Winters, John V. - 2012
Quality of life differences across areas can be measured by differences in “real wages”, where real wages are computed as nominal wages adjusted for the cost of living. Computing cost of living differences involves several important issues, including how housing prices should be measured....
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