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According to the well-being measure known as the U.N. Human Development Index, Australia now ranks 3rd in the world and … have some of the lowest levels of job satisfaction in the world. Moreover, among the sub-sample of English-speaking nations …
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provide an imperfect measure of the present user cost of housing. Researchers should be cautious in using housing values to …
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In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers … world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy, economic growth, gender equality, human development, research and … development, and social cohesion. To this end, we first developed UNDP-type performance indicators on these six main dimensions of …
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This study critically reviews quantitative methods that have been employed and evidence that has been gathered to assess the benefits of marriage and consequences of other family structures. The study begins by describing theoretical models of the determinants of different well-being outcomes...
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National Time Accounting is a way of measuring society's well-being, based on time use. Its explicit form is the U …
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, the sequence of improvements in various aspects of QoL is not always the same from one part of the world to another. And …
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The Easterlin paradox suggests that there is no link between a society's economic development and its average level of …
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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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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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This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
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