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, advanced technology, diversity of capital flows, media, commodity flows, and emergence of international institutions. But the … economic re-organization of the world is only one, albeit critical, part of the story. The following passage concentrates on … the Pakistan's standing in development in this globalized world against some world wide acceptable indicators …
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There is great variation in views on and treatment of minorities such as gay men across the world. We are the first to …-country dataset covering 110 countries, the Gay Happiness Index. It covers how gays perceive public opinion about them, how they … citizen, as well as the transmission mechanisms through which policies and institutions affect life satisfaction. We find that …
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computer access in areas with advanced internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we report cross-sectional evidence from the World … use the internet as a source of information derive less satisfaction from income. Together, the empirical findings …
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-sectional data from the fifth wave of the World Values Survey and provide empirical evidence that people who regularly use the … internet as a source of information derive relatively less life satisfaction from the same level of income. Using panel data … material aspirations via fostering relative concerns in the society. The empirical findings shed further light on the income-happiness …
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autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity framework for global wealth and happiness represented, respectively, by FTSE All-World …This paper explores the relationship between global wealth and happiness. We employ a bivariate generalized … and Twitter's Daily Happiness Sentiment indexes from October 14, 2013 to December 31, 2019. We find that daily changes in …
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This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...
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We review the recent empirical literature on global poverty, focusing on key methodological aspects. These include the choice of welfare indicator, poverty line and purchasing power parity exchange rates, equivalence scales, data sources, and estimation methods. We also discuss the importance of...
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examine risk factors associated with inequality. Design, setting and participants: Analysis of data from the World Development … Indicators 2003 database, compiled by the World Bank. Main outcome measures: Adult and child mortality among countries placed …
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