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Okun's and Barro's Misery Index as an Alternative Poverty Assessment Tool. Recent Estimations for European Countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056555
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Macroeconomic Effects of a Low-Carbon Electricity Transition in Kenya and Ghana : An Exploratory Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis
Willenbockel, Dirk - 2019
The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a disaggregated country-specific representation of the power sector to simulate the prospective medium-run growth and distributional implications associated with a shift towards a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894601
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Measuring human wellbeing in Pakistan: objective versus subjective indicators
Haq, Rashida - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Pakistan. Data used for the analysis is ‘The Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey’ for the year 2006-07. The …: literacy rate, net primary enrolment and gender equality in education are positively correlated with subjective satisfaction in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258655
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Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596419
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The great equalizer?: Globalization effects on gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Seguino, Stephanie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper assesses the impact of 30 years of globalization on gender equity in well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean. Data indicate that while some gaps in well-being have narrowed, progress is uneven across a set of nine indicators, and in some cases, conditions have worsened. Despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790313
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Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health
Damiano, Fiorillo; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
is their quality – as measured by subjective satisfaction derived from relationships with friends – that works as the … carrying out the first assessment of the role of satisfaction in interpersonal relations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876881
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Social Development – A Multidimensional Approach To Social Development Analysis. Country Level Evidence for Year 2011
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147310
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Poverty and disability among elderly in India: evidences from household survey
Pandey, Manoj K. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper examines the causal relationship between disability and poverty among Indian elderly. Using different poverty … relationship between poverty and disability. Further, our analysis suggests for higher level of poverty and income inequality among … measures and statistical tests, the paper also attempts to analyze the depth of poverty among disabled elderly. A special round …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031403
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Spatial Variation in the Disability-Poverty Correlation: Evidence from Vietnam
Daniel, Mont; Nguyen, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Poverty and disability are interrelated, but data that can disentangle to what extent one causes the other and vice …, show less of a link between disability and poverty, supporting the hypothesis that improvements in infrastructure and … rehabilitation service can lessen the impact of disability on families with disabled members. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112146
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Evidence and Policy Lessons on the Links between Disaster Risk and Poverty in Latin America
Lopez-Calva, Luis Felipe; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
. Among other reasons, there is a two-way relationship between the vulnerability to natural disasters and poverty, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536828