We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health...

We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health...

Book review of Suárez Suárez, A. S. (2001): "Nueva Economía y nueva sociedad. Los grandes desafíos del siglo XXI", Prentice-Hall.

This paper applies a method designed by the BID to monitor of urban quality based on the combination of two approaches: hedonic prices and lifestile satisfaction. This combination allows the assessment of local public resources from both the market point of view and that of profitability. Unlike...

La valoración de los bienes de no mercado se constituye en un nuevo campo de estudio en el análisis económico, consolidado en el ámbito de los recursos naturales y por ahora con muy pocas aplicaciones entre los elementos del patrimonio cultural. En este trabajo se presentan los métodos de...

The valuation of non-market goods is an increasingly widespread subject of study in economic analysis, both in terms of theoretical contributions and empirical applications. Analysis of natural resources has long engaged scholars’ attention, although growing interest is focusing on assets...

This paper uses cost accounting to estimate some of the costs associated with criminal activity and violence in Uruguay. Among the costs being considered are those of security and crime prevention; justice; incarceration and rehabilitation of prisoners; stolen goods; health care and loss of life...

We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health...

In this study we analyze data on happiness to find out the relationship between this issue and others aspects of life, based on the Latinobarometro 2004 for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels, although we also...

Este trabajo analiza los determinantes de los niveles de satisfacción de los colombianos, en particular el grado de conformidad de los hogares y su relación con un conjunto de variables demográficas, sociales y económicas. Algunos de los resultados son similares a los de otros países con...