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This paper explores the potential of using subjective well-being (SWB) data to valueenvironmental attributes. A theoretical framework compares this method, also known as the lifesatisfaction approach, with the standard hedonic pricing approach, identifying their similarities and differences. As...
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Research appears to demonstrate that economic variables are only marginally predictive of levels of social satisfaction. It was hypothesised that a greater association might be found between satisfaction and equality of income distribution rather than between satisfaction and size of income. The...
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This dissertation inquires into the relationship between income, aspirations, and life satisfaction in post-transition Russia. It first explores the channels through which adaptation and social comparison contribute to higher income aspirations. The results show that social comparison is a...
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, Uganda experienced gradual and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. The benefits of growth, however, are not …
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phenomenon partly reflect that people who "choose" to live in rural areas have unmeasured attributes related to poverty? To … explanation for the higher incidence of poverty in rural than urban areas is that people with personal attributes associated with …
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There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the …, full vertical integration and complete exclusion of smallholder suppliers. We analyze and quantify income and poverty …
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-agricultural income in the reduction of poverty. …
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The debate on trade and poverty is reinforced by recent studies on the role of standards. It is argued that increasing … to quantify income and poverty effects of such high-standards trade and to integrate labor market effects, by using … increasing standards, resulting in important income gains and poverty reduction. Our estimates indicate that poverty is 14 …
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The aim of this paper is to evaluate theeffect of rainfall and agricultural shocks on consumption growth in Madagascar. We are also interested in the impact of local endowments in infrastructures and social services on consumption growth. To achieve this goal, a micro model of household...
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the relationship between economic growth and poverty in Alagoas, all data was obtained from Atlas of Human Development for … to combat to the poverty qualitative, in others words, if that growth can be considered pro-poor. For that, we estimate … the elasticity of the poverty with the economic growth for the microregions from Alagoas. Our findings indicate a negative …
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