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Relative deprivation and individual well-being
Chen, Xi - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) April, pp. 1-10
poverty despite striking reductions in absolute poverty. The effects of relative deprivation explain why average happiness has …
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The Challenges of Incorporating Empowerment into the HDI: Some Lessons from Happiness Economics and Quality of Life Research
Graham, Carol - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
macroeconomic conditions. Sen’s capabilities approach to poverty, which underlies the HDI, highlights the lack of capacity of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587041
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Building sustainability through greater happiness
Bartolini, Stefano - Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Statistics, … - 2014
The current unsustainable growth of the world economy is largely a consequence of the crisis of social capital experienced by much of the world's population. Declining social capital leads the economies to excessive growth, because people seek economic affluence as compensation for the emotional...
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Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Ramos, Xavi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Using self reported measures of life satisfaction and risk attitudes, we empirically test whether there is a relationship between individuals inequality and risk aversion. The empirical analysis uses the German SOEP household panel for the years 1997 to 2007 to conclude that the negative effect...
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The Distribution of Well-Being and Income within the Household
Bonke, Jens; Browning, Martin - Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (CAM), Økonomisk … - 2003
Several papers in the literature on intra-household allocation have suggested that various household ‘outcomes’, such as demands, saving, child health etc., depend on the distribution of income within the household. Implicit in these analyses is that a higher share of household income for...
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Capabilities and Choices: Do They Make Sen'se for Understanding Objective and Subjective Well-Being? An Empirical Test of Sen's Capability Framework on German and British Panel Dat...
Muffels, Ruud; Headey, Bruce - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
In Sen's Capability Approach (CA) well-being can be defined as the freedom of choice to achieve the things in life which one has reason to value most for his or her personal life. Capabilities are in Sen's vocabulary therefore the real freedoms people have or the opportunities available to them....
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Measuring Human Well-being: Key Findings and Policy Lessons
Clark, David; McGillivray, Mark - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007
This Policy Brief is an outcome of the UNU-WIDER research project 'Social Development Indicators'. The overall aim of the project was to provide insights into how human well-being might be better conceptualized and, in particular, measured, by reviewing various concepts and measures and then...
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A Microsimulation of the Impact of Tax Reforms on Child Poverty: the Case of Italy
Sandu, Roxana - European Economic Studies, College of Europe - 2014
Microsimulation models have been used in order to find efficient counteractive instruments to poverty. The objective of … this paper is to analyse the impact of fiscal policy on poverty, insisting on child poverty rates. Empirical analysis … suggests that in fighting poverty, a mix of policies need to be in place, fiscal reforms increasing tax allowances such as …
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Does the Risk of Poverty Reduce Happiness?
Caria, Stefano A.; Falco, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757654
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Re-emphasizing sustainable development — The concept of ‘Evolutionability’
Keiner, Marco - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 6 (2005) 4, pp. 379-392
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