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by land inheritance, other bequests and parental background as influences on an adult's economic welfare and economic … land and housing bring little gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining inequality. Inheritance of non … more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in consumption is evident. …
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by land inheritance, other bequests and parental background as influences on an adult's economic welfare and economic … land and housing bring little gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining inequality. Inheritance of non … more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in consumption is evident …
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an individualized measure of consumption, this paper studies the role played by land inheritance, other bequests and … activity. Inheritance of non-land assets and the education and occupation of parents (especially the mother) and their choices … about children's schooling are more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in …
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include an individualized measure of consumption, this paper studies the role played by land inheritance, other bequests and … activity. Inheritance of non-land assets and the education and occupation of parents (especially the mother) and their choices … about children's schooling are more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in …
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include an individualized measure of consumption, this paper studies the role played by land inheritance, other bequests and … activity. Inheritance of non-land assets and the education and occupation of parents (especially the mother) and their choices … about children's schooling are more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012551152
While self-assessments of welfare have become popular for measuring poverty and estimating welfare effects, the methods can be deceptive given systematic heterogeneity in respondents' scales. Little is known about this problem. This study uses specially-designed surveys in three countries,...
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Does "empowerment" come hand-in-hand with higher economic welfare? In theory, higher income is likely to raise both power and welfare, but heterogeneity in other characteristics and household formation can either strengthen or weaken the relationship. Survey data on Russian adults indicate that...
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