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. 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 interrelationship between wealth (GDPpc), equality of income and … mean satisfaction for fifteen EU states was assessed over a four year period (1995-1998). Equality of income was …
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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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Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be … between national income per capita and life expectancy. Other studies (e.g., those reviewed in Cochrane et al., 1980) have … economic status, measured by income, and child survival (Anker and Knowles, 1980; Carvajal and Burgess, 1978; Farah and Preston …
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changed the distribution of income among farm households. Our study uses a national farmlevel survey for 1996-2001 to … investigate a) the distribution of income among farm households, b) the sources that contribute to income inequality, and c) the … role of farm program payments in equalizing income. Results show a high but declining income inequality between 1996 and …
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compares the income and wealth position of farm households relative to median income and median wealth of the general … population. The absolute measure adds annualized wealth to a farm household's income. …
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the potential economic impacts of its portfolio of programs on national employment and income. A special purpose version … federal budget. Energy savings, investments, and impacts on U.S. national employment and wage income are reported by program … 332,000 jobs and about $5.3 billion in wage income (1995$) by the year 2030. Because the required investments to achieve …
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-integration between income and consumption, based on a periodic error correction model, is rejected. A PADL specification is preferred for … modelling the income-consumption relationship, using seasonally unadjusted data. …
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A new strand of literature has recently sought to investigate possible links between technological changes, observed modifications to firms' organizational structure and the evolution of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. After a brief overview of such approaches, this essay...
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This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the … distribution of labour income. This approach can also be implemented in models that try toadequately consider the European case by …This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the …
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This paper attempts to provide alternative estimates of income distribution in South Africa, utilizing data that allow … us to evaluate income, distribution across time, reducing dependence on the vagaries associated with individual surveys … income; then we apply the intra-racial (within group) distribution data to the inter-racial distribution data sets, in order …
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