We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether this is a causal effect or a correlation, is not clear …. This issue is explo red using matching methods, finding that a good health status increases the probability of being happy …

English Abstract: The probability of being happy and maintaining good health is influenced by economic, social, and … individuals, as well as the confidence level in institutions. It is concluded that it is possible to positively affect the health …

This study explores empirical differences in poverty analysis under two distinct normative approaches: income poverty … latter. The analysis focuses on the association between income poverty and individual deprivation in terms of child … differences in individual characteristics; and also sheds light on the way in which household income is transformed into …

AThis paper presents income poverty and inequality estimates at the State and Municipal levels for Mexico. Our … estimates are based on robust household income measures, generated with methodologies that allow for solving the common dilemma …