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Inequality in Vietnamese Urban-Rural Living Standards, 1993-2006
Le, Huong - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before reducing slightly in 2004, and significantly in...
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Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions? Exploring the Empirical Evidence : 1995–2010
Lehmann, Hartmut - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 … Russia, the social services sector of the public administration, education and health still do not have the expected …
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Regional Convergence in Russia : Estimating a Neoclassical Growth Model
Lehmann, Hartmut - 2020
In this paper, we study convergence in per capita gross regional products across Russian regions in the period from 1996 to 2017. To this purpose, we estimate growth equations, which are directly derived from a neoclassical growth model, augmented with human capital and migration. To our...
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A Human Capital Index for the Italian Provinces
Pasquini, Alessandra - 2020
Italy, the use of such an index at national level may not be enough to have a clear picture of the human capital conditions … high heterogeneity into consideration, we develop a Human Capital Index for Italy disaggregated at provincial level. The …
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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...
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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 industries years ago. This new index is applied to U.S. manufacturing industry …
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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...
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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...
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The Welfare Impact of Price Changes on Household Welfare and Inequality 1999-2010
Loughrey, Jason - 2011
changes for non-subsistence expenditures thereby producing a Cost of Living Index. The Atkinson Index of Inequality produces … an inequality measure and this is combined with the Cost of Living Index to produce an overall welfare measure. This …
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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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