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Happiness and the human development index: Australia is not a paradox
Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - 2006
In Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia, Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267311
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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270632
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Estimating cognitive gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians
Leigh, Andrew (contributor); Gong, Xiaodong (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003712809
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Bringing home the bacon : an empirical analysis of the extent and effects of pork-barreling in Australian politics
Leigh, Andrew (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003712818
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Estimating returns to education using different natural experiment techniques
Leigh, Andrew; Ryan, Chris - In: Economics of education review 27 (2008) 2, pp. 149-160
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Competing approaches to forecasting elections : economic models, opinion polling and prediction markets
Leigh, Andrew (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726867
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How and why has teacher quality changed in Australia?
Leigh, Andrew; Ryan, Christopher J. - In: The Australian economic review 41 (2008) 2, pp. 141-159
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727198
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Top incomes in New Zealand 1921 - 2005 : understanding the effects of marginal tax rates, migration threat, and the macroeconomy
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 54 (2008) 2, pp. 149-166
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727585
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Returns to education in Australia
Leigh, Andrew - In: Economic papers : a journal of applied economics and policy 27 (2008) 3, pp. 233-249
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Happiness and the human development index : Australia is not a paradox
Leigh, Andrew (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2006
In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003320917