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Life satisfaction and material well-being of children in the UK
Knies, Gundi - 2012
well-being has focused on improving the financial position of families with children. Using Understanding Society I show … measures of child poverty, introduced to help target effective policies that make a real difference to children's lives. Those … for families with children to an emphasis on increasing social contacts. …
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Intra-household inequalities in child rights and well-being : a barrier to progress?
Rodriguez Takeuchi, Laura - 2015
This paper attempts to measure the extent of inequality within households and its contribution to overall levels of inequality in child well-being. The paper analyses the distribution of resources (outcomes) between girls and boys for four indicators: nutrition, birth registration, school...
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Employed but still unhappy? : on the relevance of the social work norm
Chadi, Adrian - 2011
In the modern welfare state, people who cannot make a living usually receive financial assistance from public funds. Accordingly, the so-called social work norm against living off other people is violated, which may be the reason why the unemployed are so unhappy. If so, however, labour market...
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Poverty in the Russian Federation
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
This paper is intended to shed light on the extent of poverty in the Russian Federation. We present estimates of poverty lines and poverty ratios derived from subjective questions used in a during data collection for a large household panel (RUSSET). We estimate poverty using a subjective...
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Relative deprivation and individual well-being : low status and a feeling of relative deprivation are detrimental to health and happiness
Chen, Xi - 2015
People who are unable to maintain the same standard of living as others around them experience a sense of relative deprivation that has been shown to reduce feelings of well-being. Relative deprivation reflects conditions of worsening relative poverty despite striking reductions in absolute...
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Subjective well-being and relative poverty in rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Chaudhury, Nazmul - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 33 (2012) 5, pp. 940-950
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The last mile in analyzing wellbeing and poverty : indices of social development
Staveren, Irene van; Webbink, Ellen; Haan, Arjan de; … - In: Forum for social economics 43 (2014) 1, pp. 8-26
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Does community-based rehabilitation enhance the multidimensional well-being of deprived persons with disabilities? : a multilevel impact evaluation
Mauro, Vincenzo; Biggeri, Mario; Grilli, Leonardo - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 76 (2015), pp. 190-202
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Editorial: Capability approach and multidimensional well-being in high-income countries
Burchi, Francesco; De Muro, Pasquale - In: Forum for social economics 45 (2016) 2/3, pp. 111-119
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Does food insecurity impact subjective evaluation of well-being? : evidence from a developing country
Akpalu, Wisdom; Christian, Aaron K.; Codjoe, Samuel Nii … - 2015
Understanding the relationship between food insecurity and subjective evaluation of well-being is critical in designing social welfare policies, especially in developing countries. Surprisingly, literature on the topic is scarce. This study adopted Van Praag's theoretical framework and used...
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