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Grochowska, Anna; Strawiński, Paweł - In: Ekonomia journal 31 (2012)

In this paper we attempt to quantify the impact of social capital on income. We follow Putnam’s [1995] approach and we construct a synthetic index for social capital using a multivariate probit model. Social capital is considered as one of the crucial individual endowments, next to physical...

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Heterogeneity in Reported Well-Being: Evidence from Twelve European Countries

Clark, Andrew; Etilé, Fabrice; Postel-Vinay, Fabien; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper models the relationship between income and reported well-being using latent class techniques applied to panel data from twelve European countries. Introducing both intercept and slope heterogeneity into this relationship, we strongly reject the hypothesis that individuals transform...

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Benessere economico e felicità in Italia

Biancotti, Claudia; D'Alessio, Giovanni - In: Rivista di Politica Economica 98 (2008) 4, pp. 39-78

In recent years, a vast literature has focused on thè mie played by economic variables in determining the perceived well-being of individuals. Analyses conducted so far show that economic aspects explain only a part of the variability in happiness: other profiles, such as health and family...

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INCOME, WEALTH, AND THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS

Mishra, Ashok K.; El-Osta, Hisham S.; Morehart, Mitchell J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2002

Agricultural policy is rooted in the 1930s notion that providing transfers of money to the farm sector translates into increased economic well-being of farm families. This report shows that changes in income for the farm sector or for any particular group of farm businesses do not necessarily...

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Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided education and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...

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Urban Poverty in Vietnam: Determinants and Policy Implications

Nguyen Viet, Cuong; Vu Hoang, Linh; Nguyen, Thang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This study examines the profile and determinants of poverty in the two largest cities in Vietnam – Hanoi and Ho Chi … Minh. Data used in this study are from the 2009 Urban Poverty Survey. Using the poverty line of 12,000 thousand VND …/year, the poverty incidence is estimated at 17.4 percent for Hanoi and 12.5 percent for Ho Chi Minh (HCM) city. There is a large …

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Economic Crises, Health and Education in Jamaica

Kim, Namsuk; Serra-Garcia, Marta - In: Estudios Económicos 25 (2010) 1, pp. 105-134

We study the impact of growth fluctuation on education and health indicators in Jamaica. Using household surveys between 1989 and 2007, we study the impact by using pseudo-panel regressions at the parish level, instrumenting growth fluctuations with variations in major Jamaican export...

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Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on Child Poverty and Options for a Policy Response in Cameroon. Incidences de la crise économique mondiale de 2008/09 et des options de politi...

Emini, Christian Arnault; Ningaye, Paul; Bibi, Sami; … - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2010

This study aims to evaluate the potential impacts of the 2008/09 global economic crisis on child poverty in Cameroon … dimensions of child poverty are examined: monetary poverty, caloric poverty, child school participation and child labour, and … products; free access to school canteens for children under the age of 15 in districts where monetary poverty is higher than …

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The impact of international and internal remittances on household welfare: evidence from Viet Nam

Cuong, Nguyen Viet - In: Asia-Pacific Development Journal 16 (2009) 1, pp. 59-92

Using data from the Viet Nam household living standard surveys of 2002 and 2004, this paper measures the impact of international and internal remittances on the household welfare of remittance-receiving households. It finds that both the income and the consumption expenditures of the recipients...

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Impacts of International and Internal Remittances on Household Welfare: Evidence from Viet Nam

Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper measures the impact of international and internal remittances on household welfare of remittances-receiving households using data from Viet Nam Household Living Standard Surveys 2002 and 2004. It is found that the receiving of international and internal remittances increased both...

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