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Subjective well-being in China, 2005-2010 : the role of relative income, gender and location
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Xiao, Saizi; Yeoh, Kok Kheng - 2016
. After controlling for demographic attributes, health, unemployment status, household size, agricultural hukou (household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449772
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The impact of poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption and poor governance on Niger Delta militancy, Boko Haram terrorism and Fulani herdsmen attacks in Nigeria
Evans, Olaniyi; Kelikume, Ikechukwu - In: International journal of management, economics and … 8 (2019) 2, pp. 58-80
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption and poor … that poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption and poor governance were significant causes of Niger Delta militancy …
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The evolution of catholic-protestant labour market inequality in Northern Ireland, 1983-2014
Rowland, Neil; McVicar, Duncan; Shuttleworth, Ian - 2018
one very well-known differential - the Catholic/ Protestant unemployment differential in Northern Ireland - has largely … signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the introduction of fair employment legislation, growth in hidden unemployment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880336
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The fall in German unemployment : a flow analysis
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Launov, Andrey; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2018
In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work, labour market … participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV reform induced a large fraction of the long …. Overall we find that Germany increased welfare as unemployment fell. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821427
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Non-employment, Ill-being and subjective well-being : (a review of literature on variables associated with subjective well-being)
Kapitány, Zsuzsa - 2009
Recent happiness studies by economists, sociologist and psychologists have produced many important new approaches and attitudes to focus less on objective variables and more on subjective well-being (SWB). Studies investigating life satisfaction (as a proxy of SWB) have identified strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919676
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Inequalities in job loss and income loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 crisis
Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette; Oseni, Gbemisola; Palacios … - 2022
This paper investigates the impact of parenting courses on families' time use with their children in urban areas in Italy. Courses aimed at raising parental awareness of the importance of educational activities were offered in four cities (Naples, Reggio Emilia, Teramo and Palermo) within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013274382
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The idiosyncratic impact of an aggregate shock : the distributional consequences of COVID-19
Benzeval, Michaela; Burton, Jonathan; Crossley, Thomas F.; … - 2020
Using new data from the Understanding Society: COVID 19 survey collected in April 2020, we show how the aggregate shock caused by the pandemic affects individuals across the distribution. The survey collects data from existing members of the Under-standing Society panel survey who have been...
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Income groups and types of employment in Germany since 1995
Krause, Peter; Franz, Christian; Fratzscher, Marcel - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 27, pp. 267-278
hours became increasingly differentiated, and starting in 2005, the unemployment rate fell. While the employment increase … the median range, regular types of employment were recently as frequent as they were 20 years ago and unemployment also …
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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa During the COVID-19 Crisis
Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette; Oseni, Gbemisola; … - 2022
We use high frequency phone survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on work (including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work) and income, as well as heterogeneity by gender, family composition, education, age, pre-COVID-19...
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A vibrant European labor market with full employment
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 10, pp. 1-24
We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We call this scenario "vibrant". It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European Union...
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