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Knowing what is good for you: Empirical analysis ofpersonal preferences and the “objective good”
Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005
This paper aims to test empirically if certain frequently used measures of wellbeing,which are regarded as valuable properties of human life, are actuallydesired by people. In other words, it investigates whether the “expertjudgments” in social science overlap with social consensus on what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354034
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Tasting freedom: Happiness, religion and economictransition
Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
Economic transition lowered happiness on average, but did not affect allequally. This paper uses Hungarian survey data … to study the impact ofreligion and economic transition on happiness. Religious involvementcontributes positively to … of happiness for the religious. The impact ofeconomic transition has varied greatly across different groups. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354069
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA
Aidis, Ruta; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - School of Slavonic and East European Studies <London> - 2008
This paper presents an account of the environment faced by entrepreneurs in Russia. Insection one we give a brief introduction to the country which is followed by theoverview of a public policy on small and medium enterprises in the next section. Thecurrent state of SMEs and some particularities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868081
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Transport Policy, Acceptance and the Media
Wieland, Bernhard; Seidel, Tina; Matthes, Andreas; … - 2004
This paper reports work undertaken within research project TIPP (Transportation Institutions in the Policy Process) funded by the European Commission.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005852145
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Leaving Home and Entering Service: The Age of Apprenticeship in Early Modern London
Wallis, Patrick; Webb, Cliff; Minns, Chris - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
Leaving home and entering service was a key transition in early modern England. This paper presents evidence on the age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870468
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Rodney Hilton, Marxism and the Transition From Feudalism to Capitalism
Epstein, Stephan R. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
transition from feudal to capitalist modes of production, still carries considerable weight among like-minded historians.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870566
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Reconstructing the Industrial Revolution: Analyses, Perceptions and Conceptions Of Britain’s Precocious Transition to Europe’s First Industrial Society
Riello, Giorgio; O’Brien, Patrick Karl - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
The Industrial Revolution continues to be analysed by economic historians deploying the conceptual vocabularies of modern social science, particularly economics. Their approach which gives priority to the elaboration of causes and processes of evolution is far too often and superficially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870578
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Evaluating a class of nonlinear time series models
Heinen, Florian - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2010
we first treat how to choosean adequate transition function and then contribute to the evaluation stage by proposing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870742
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Welfare in Transition: Trends in Poverty andWell-being in Central Asia
Falkingham, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999
This paper examines the impact of the transition from a planned toa market economy on living standards and welfare in … largenumbers of children and single parent families – the economicdislocation of transition has also given rise to new groups of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008743036
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Internal and external political competition
Hugh-Jones, David - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2009
All rulers face political competition, both from rivals within their state, andfrom other states to which their subjects may exit. In a simple model, both kinds of competitionare substitutes. Internal competition (democracy) benefits citizens by allowingthem to replace rent-seeking rulers. But...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022178