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Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …
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We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …
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Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582002
Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962683
poverty measures. Nevertheless, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and legislators generally do not understand the details … of poverty measure mechanics. These detailed mechanics shape and reshape poverty measures and the too often uninformed … responses and remedies. This Article will build a bridge from personal portraits of families living in poverty to the resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014117404
measurement of poverty. For the estimation of intrahousehold distribution of resources the study relies on collective Engel curves …. For the poverty analysis, we propose a fuzzy intrahousehold index which is less sensitive to small changes around the … poverty line compared to standard FGT indices and produce more reliable results. This provides an interesting approach to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732008
A considerable part of the poverty that is measured in a single period is transitory rather than persistent. In most … into and out of poverty should be the main focus of anti-poverty policies. Understanding the characteristics of the … persistently poor, and the circumstances and mechanisms associated with entry into and exit from poverty, can help to inform …
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We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to … poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252812
We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to … poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440553
contribution in overall poverty for the periods 2011 and 2014 using MICS data and the Alkire-Foster method for four districts … overall poverty level in Lahore Division in 2014 compared to 2011. The living standards of the people residing in rural areas … are relatively low as compare to urban areas. Different standings of the poverty level are found in all districts, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814286