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. These data provide information on citizens' happiness, levels of customer satisfaction, employees' satisfaction, mental …
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Income cap or threshold systems rely on incentives that encourage physicians to limit medical expenditures, but little is known about how physicians respond to these incentives. Conceptually, the threshold system is to physicians what an income tax system is to taxpayers. We exploit this...
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between migrants and urban residents-affects individual happiness. The main results are as follows. First, migrants suffer … migrants, and they also favor higher relative income among urban residents. Fourth, 'born?urban residents have lower happiness …
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Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each … only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency – in a large number of customs agencies -- if the customs agency …’s director undertakes a big-bang approach to reform. We also find support for the corruption clubs theory – that customs agencies …
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The nexus between income and happiness is very much disputed. Many cross-sectional studies see a positive relationship …, most longitudinal studies don't. Starting from the fact that the theoretical basis in happiness research has been …
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How globalization affects happiness is highly disputed. Several studies use an index that amalgamates globalization … former to slightly depress happiness, the latter to significantly promote happiness. Segmentation of WVS-data shows that the …
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Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well-being...
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employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not …. These conclusions are suggested by an analysis of a wide range of evidence on happiness in countries throughout the world. …
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depression symptomatology, an increase in self-reported happiness, and improved self-efficacy relative to their childless …
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Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293197