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Wages, rents and heterogeneous moving costs

Krupka, Douglas J.; Donaldson, Kwame - 2007

The model of compensating differentials in regional labor markets was developed by Roback (1982). The model interprets regional differences in constant quality wages and rents as compensating firms and residents for inter-regional differences in amenities. The model assumes that the costs of...

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Do non-economic quality of life factors drive immigration?

Lewer, Joshua J.; Pacheco, Gail; Rossouw, Stephanié - 2009

This paper contributes to the immigration literature by generating two unique non-economic quality of life (QOL) indices and testing their role on recent migration patterns. Applying the generated quality of life indices in conjunction with other independent welfare measures to an extended...

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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. Previous...

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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2012

In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...

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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities

Berger, Mark C.; Blomquist, Glenn C.; Sabirianova … - 2003

The existence of compensating differentials in Russian labor and housing markets is examined using data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) augmented by city and regional-specific characteristics from other sources. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we...

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Are youths on income support less happy? Evidence from Australia

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Oguzoglu, Umut - 2007

The central research question addressed in this paper is how receipt of income support payments affects the well-being of youths. Using 1997-2004 panel data from a nationally representative survey of Australian youths, we attempt to estimate the size of the welfare stigma faced by Australian...

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Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths

Winkelmann, Rainer - 2003

This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between...

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Might not be a tomorrow: a multi-methods approach to anticipated early death and youth crime

Brezina, Timothy; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan - 2008

factor to youth crime and violence. Young people who perceive a high probability of early death, it is argued, may have … early death and youth crime, this support remains tentative. Moreover, a number of questions remain regarding the … that link anticipated early death to youth crime. In this paper, we address the limitations of previous studies using a …

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Children and parents time use: empirical evidence on investment in human capital in France, Italy and Germany

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Fontainha, Elsa; Monfardini, Chiara - 2008

We analyze a mechanism that has been disregarded in the literature on parental investment in children, as little attention has been devoted to the choices made by children themselves. We model directly time use by youngsters into activities related to the acquisition of human capital,...

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Living on the edge: Youth entry, career and exit in drug-selling gangs

Carvalho, Leandro; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2013

We use data from a unique survey of members of drug-trafficking gangs in favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to … characterize drug-trafficking jobs and study the selection into gangs, analyzing what distinguishes gang-members from other youth …

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