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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082770
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2021
most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …- being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225019
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On the Origins of Gender Roles : Women and the Plough
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2011
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124538
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Out of Africa : Human Capital Consequences of in Utero Conditions
Lavy, Victor - 2016
dramatic differences in medical care technologies, prenatal conditions, and prenatal care at the move from Ethiopia to Israel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001198
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The Effects of Decentralized and Video-Based Extension on the Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management – Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
Hörner, Denise - 2020
of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) among 2,382 farmers in Ethiopia using a randomized controlled trial. ISFM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840008
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Impacts of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Jobs on Youth : 5-Year Experimental Evidence on Factory Job Offers and Cash Grants in Ethiopia
Blattman, Christopher - 2019
We study two interventions for underemployed youth across five Ethiopian sites: a $300 grant to spur self-employment, and a job offer to an industrial firm. Despite significant impacts on occupational choice, income, and health in the first year, after five years we see nearly complete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871559
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Curse of Anonymity or Tyranny of Distance? The Impacts of Job-Search Support in Urban Ethiopia
Abebe, Girum Tefera - 2016
We conduct a randomized evaluation of two job-search support programs for urban youth in Ethiopia. One group of treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986695
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Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations : Evidence from Ethiopia
Abebe, Girum Tefera - 2018
We quantify foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among domestic plants in districts that attracted a large greenfield foreign plant and districts where greenfield FDI was licensed but not yet operational. Treated and untreated...
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Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia
Levinsohn, James A. - 2015
This paper uses household-level data from Ethiopia to investigate the impact of food aid on the poor. We find that food … aid in Ethiopia is "pro-poor." Our results indicate that (i) net buyers of wheat are poorer than net sellers of wheat, (ii …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036522
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Occupational Choice in Early Industrializing Societies : Experimental Evidence on the Income and Health Effects of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work
Blattman, Christopher - 2016
As low-income countries industrialize, workers choose between informal self-employment and low-skill manufacturing. What do workers trade off, and what are the long run impacts of this occupational choice? Self-employment is thought to be volatile and risky, but to provide autonomy and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982512