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MEASURING HYPOTHETICAL GRANDPARENTS PREFERENCES FOR EQUALITY AND RELATIVE STANDINGS
Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Carlsson, Fredrik; Daruvala, Dinky - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2001
Individuals’ aversion to risk and inequality, and their concern for relative standing, are measured through experimental choices between hypothetical societies. It is found that on average individuals are both fairly inequality-averse and have a strong concern for relative income. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651772
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Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants
Akay, Alpaslan; Bargain, Olivier; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014
This paper examines whether the subjective well-being of migrants is responsive to fluc- tuations in macroeconomic conditions in their country of origin. Using the German Socio- Economic Panel for the years 1984 to 2009 and macroeconomic variables for 24 countries of origin, we exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818761
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Keeping Up with the Vaishyas: Caste and Relative Standing
Carlsson, Fredrik; Gupta, Gautam; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005
We investigate the importance of relative income within the Indian Caste system, using a choice experiment. We find that slightly more than half of the marginal utility of income comes from some kind of relative income effects, on average, which is comparable to the results from previous studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651677
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How Much Do We Care About Absolute Versus Relative Income and Consumption?
Alpizar, Francisco; Carlsson, Fredrik; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2001
We find, using survey-experimental methods, that most individuals are concerned with both relative income and relative consumption of particular goods. The degree of concern varies in the expected direction depending on the properties of the good. However, contrary to what has been suggested in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651773
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Can Africa Reduce Poverty by Half by 2015? The Case for a Pro-Poor Growth Strategy
Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005
This study uses simulations to explore the possibility of halving the percentage of people living in extreme poverty in … different. In some cases small changes in income-distribution can have a large effect on poverty, while in others a strong focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651774
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Physical stature and its interpretation in nineteenth century New Zealand
Inwood, Kris; Oxley, Les; Roberts, Evan - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2008
During the late nineteenth century the physical stature of New Zealandborn men stagnated, despite an apparently beneficial public health environment and growth in per-capita incomes. Stature varied by social class, with professionals and men in rural occupations substantially taller than their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005111052
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The Economic Value of Biodiversity in New Zealand: Results from a Household Survey
Kaval, Pamela; Yao, Richard; Scrimgeour, Frank - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2009
This paper presents the results of a national study examining the economic value of biodiversity in New Zealand. Three valuation techniques were used to collect information from respondents: the contingent valuation method, the well-being method and the choice modelling method. Results revealed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036154
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The Connection between Biodiversity and Well-Being: A New Zealand Case Study
Yao, Richard; Kaval, Pamela - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2009
The link between human well-being and biodiversity has not been well studied and was therefore the goal of this research project. Focus was placed on an increase in New Zealand native biodiversity, by an increase in the number of native trees and shrubs being planted on public lands. An increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005634936
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Poverty Persistence and Intra-Household Heterogeneity in Occupations: Evidence from Urban Ethiopia
Alem, Yonas - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2013
Previous studies of poverty in developing countries have to a great extent focused on the characteristics of the … rounds of panel data to investigate the persistence of poverty in urban Ethiopia with a particular focus on the role of intra … market status of non-head household members are important determinants of households' poverty status. Results also show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019101
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The persistence of urban poverty in Ethiopia: A tale of two measurements
Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008
This paper investigates dynamics of poverty in urban Ethiopia using both subjective and objective definitions of … poverty. The two sets of estimates of persistence and recurrence of poverty are similar, suggesting that consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207243