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What Drives Female Labor Force Participation? Comparable Micro-Level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies
Klasen, Stephan - 2019
middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to … linear (Brazil and South Africa) to being U- or J-shaped (India, Jordan, and Indonesia), or a mixture of both (Bolivia … participation remain largely country-specific. Nonetheless, rising education levels and declining fertility consistently increased …
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Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off a Trade-Off for All, None, or Some?
Millimet, Daniel L. - 2009
the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764228
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Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence from Indonesia
Grimm, Michael - 2014
We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian … results suggest that the subsequent effects on fertility account for about 18 to 24 percent of the overall decline in the … fertility rate, depending on the specification. A key channel through which electrification affects fertility is increased …
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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...
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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
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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Subjective Well‐Being and Income : Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey - 2013
Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
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