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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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Malaria : Disease Impacts and Long-Run Income Differences
Gollin, Douglas - 2007
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that malaria, a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes, causes over 300 million episodes of quot;acute illnessquot; and more than one million deaths annually. Most of the deaths occur in poor countries of the tropics, and especially sub-Saharan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776076
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GDP and the Value of Family Caretaking : How Much Does Europe Care?
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2010
This study estimates the size and value of unpaid family caretaking activities at a European level. While at a country level several studies are available, a comprehensive evaluation for Europe as a whole was missing so far, mainly due to data limitations. This paper fills this gap using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141221
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The Gradual Transformation of Continental European Labor Markets : France and Germany Compared
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low … employment and high and persistent unemployment which can be explained by labor market institutions that inhibit labor market … adaptability. This paper analyzes recent reforms in core areas such as active and passive labor market policies, employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777260
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Youth Unemployment in Old Europe : The Polar Cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre - 2013
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … been on continuous decline in Germany for many years, hardly affected by the Great Recession. This paper analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078826
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The Impact of Government Spending on GDP in a Remitting Country
Al‐Abri, Almukhtar S. - 2018
The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance inflows on the receiving economies. Little has been done on the sending economies. In this paper, we use data from Saudi Arabia, one of the top remitting countries in the world, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914328
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Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries?
Clark, Andrew - 2011
This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127954
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137795
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Economic Crises, Maternal and Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight and Enrollment Rates : Evidence from Argentina's Downturns
Cruces, Guillermo - 2011
This study investigates the impact of recent crises in Argentina (including the severe downturn of 2001-2002) on health and education outcomes. The identification strategy relies on both the inter-temporal and the cross-provincial co-variation between changes in regional GDP and outcomes by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118519
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Income, Democracy, and Critical Junctures
Cervellati, Matteo - 2012
Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Yared (2008) document that the cross-country correlation between income per capita and democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on democracy might differ systematically across countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096152