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Happiness, Philosophy and Economics
Andrew Hodge - 2011
Happiness research is a new, rapidly growing and provocative aspect of economic science. In fact, there are now over 1,800 published papers on the subject, and it might be said that the ‘dismal science’ has come to be obsessed with happiness. This research provides a number of interesting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448119
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On the Use of Subjective Well-Being Data for Environmental Valuation
Moro, Mirko; Ferreira, Susana - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465958
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Essays on the Economics of Happiness.
Gregoire Rousseau, Jean-Benoit - 2009
The first chapter demonstrates that although it is possible to design utility functions that behave like empirical well-being, the functional forms relying on income adaptation and social comparisons put forward in the happiness literature fail to receive empirical validation. Under the income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476583
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Fairly satisfied : economic equality, wealth and satisfaction
O'Connell, Michael F. - 2004
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475682
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCOME, WEALTH, AND LIFE SATISFACTION
Hitaj, Ermal - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450924
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Understanding the determinants of income inequality in Uganda
Ssewanyana, N. S.; Okidi, A. J.; Angemi, Diego; Barungi, V. - 2004
, Uganda experienced gradual and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. The benefits of growth, however, are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441509
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CONSUMPTION INSURANCE AND VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY: A SYNTHESIS OF THE EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, MALI, MEXICO, AND RUSSIA
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - 2003
among consumption variability, the level than nonfood consumption, the incidence of poverty, and the probability of being … ever poor and the proportion of time spent in poverty are also explored for Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Russia. All the case …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446776
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UNEMPLOYMENT, IDENTITY, AND SELF-CONFIDENCE: THEORETICAL MODELS AND EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
Nolen, Patrick - 2006
In the leading chapter of this dissertation, "Unemployment, Vulnerability and Poverty: A New Class of Measures, Its … Axiomatic Properties and Applications," we, Kaushik Basu and myself, derive a new class of measures for unemployment or poverty …. Measures of unemployment and poverty have usually focused solely on those currently unemployed or below the poverty line …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466172
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A semantic system for stakeholder-sensitive planning and design of sustainable civil infrastructure systems
Mostafa, Mostafa A. - 2011
There has been an increasing demand for involving stakeholders in the development of sustainable civil infrastructure systems. It has been acknowledged that one key element of a project is stakeholder involvement. As such, failure to successfully involve the stakeholders of an infrastructure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477936