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Money, Trust and Happiness in Transition Countries: Evidence from Time Series
Stefano, BARTOLINI; Malgorzata, MIKUCKA; Francesco, … - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2012
The evolution over time of subjective well-being (SWB) in transition countries exhibit some peculiarities: greater variations which are more strongly correlated with the trends of GDP relative to other countries. What is the possible role of social trust in predicting such variations? We compare...
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Happy for How Long? How Social Capital and GDP relate to Happiness over Time
Stefano, BARTOLINI; Francesco, SARRACINO - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
What does predict the evolution over time of subjective well-being? We answer this question correlating cross country time series of subjective well-being with the time series of social capital and/or GDP. First, we adopt a bivariate methodology similar to the one used used by Stevenson and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647479
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China's Life Satisfaction, 1990-2010
Easterlin, Richard A.; Morgan, Robson; Switek, Malgorzata; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Despite its unprecedented growth in output per capita in the last two decades, China has essentially followed the life satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries – a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend. There is no evidence of an increase in life...
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Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy
Easterlin, Richard A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
If society's goal is to increase people's feelings of well-being, economic growth in itself will not do the job. Full employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not only in higher income nations but also in countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627841
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
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Making economic growth and well-being compatible: the role of trust and income inequality
Mikucka, Malgorzata; Sarracino, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
To what extent is economic growth liable to improve people’s subjective well-being in the long run? Recent studies identified three possible answers: economic growth matters a great deal; economic growth does not matter at all; economic growth matters, but other things matter more. Each of...
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Poverty persistence and poverty dynamics
Biewen, Martin - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) November, pp. 1-10
A considerable part of the poverty that is measured in a single period is transitory rather than persistent. In most … into and out of poverty should be the main focus of anti-poverty policies. Understanding the characteristics of the … persistently poor, and the circumstances and mechanisms associated with entry into and exit from poverty, can help to inform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143957
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The Relationship between Individual Labour Market Outcomes, Household Income and Expenditure, and Inequality and Poverty in New Zealand from 1983 to 2003
Stillman, Steven; Le, Trinh; Gibson, John; Hyslop, Dean; … - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2012
, and inequality and poverty in New Zealand using detailed data from the 1983/84 – 2003/04 Household Economic Survey (HES … examine the determinants of the levels and changes in poverty in New Zealand using both expenditure and income data. We also … apply a newly developed methodology for combining income and expenditure data to produce poverty indicators. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856281
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Economic Growth from the Household Perspective: GDP and Income Distribution Developments Across OECD Countries
Causa, Orsetta; Araujo, Sonia; Cavaciuti, Agnès; Ruiz, … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276803
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Social Living Standard in Russian in 2010
Izryadnova, Olga; Misikhina, Svetlana - Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy - 2011
This paper deals with incomes of Russian population, as well as the issues of inequality an poverty in the country. …
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