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Migration, remittances and well-being in Kosovo
Arapi-Gjini, Arjoli - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2022
migration and remittances on the well-being of households and individuals in migrant-sending communities in Kosovo. Adopting a …-income economies. First, the dynamic efects of migration and remittances on households' poverty and income distribution are estimated … efects due to variations in the time-length of receiving remittances. Our fndings show that remittances alleviate both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013535619
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Household wealth and the measurement of economic well-being in the United States
Wolff, Edward N. (contributor); Zacharias, Ajit (contributor) - 2006
The standard official measure of household economic well-being in the United States is gross money income. The general consensus is that such measures are limited because they ignore other crucial determinants of well-being. We modify the standard measure to account for one such determinant:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003346727
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Subjective questions to measure welfare and well-being
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2002
This paper provides arguments in favor of using subjective questions as a proxy to measure welfare and well-being. This approach makes it possible to avoid having to define welfare and well-being means and having to identify the relevant indicators. Instead, individuals themselves define their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326409
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Income inequality and well-being in the U.S. : evidence of geographic-scale- and measure-dependence
Ifcher, John; Zarghamee, Homa S.; Graham, Carol - 2016
U.S. income inequality has risen dramatically in recent decades. Researchers consistently find that greater income inequality measured at the state or national level is associated with diminished subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. We conduct the first multi-scale analysis (i.e., at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526744
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Social Exclusion and Well-Being
Purevjav, Avralt-Od - 2018
One of the most interesting ideas in social science is the notion that individuals are motivated by concerns about their relative position. We investigate whether individuals feel worse off when they are socially excluded and also if there are greater degrees of social exclusions among their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927048
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Household Wealth and the Measurement of Economic Well-Being in the United States
Wolff, Edward N. - 2006
The standard official measure of household economic well-being in the United States is gross money income. The general consensus is that such measures are limited because they ignore other crucial determinants of well-being. We modify the standard measure to account for one such determinant:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012733575
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Improving the well-being of Canadians
Jarrett, Peter - 2021
For many years now, a growing number of economists, policy makers, and civil society groups have pointed to the limits of using only GDP as the primary measure of national economic progress. Accordingly, a progressively greater focus has been placed on the concept of well-being and its optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630297
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Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being : Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
Stevenson, Betsey - 2011
The quot;Easterlin paradoxquot; suggests that there is no link between a society's economic development and its average level of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a broader array of countries, we establish a clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756506
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Has Transition Improved Well-Being?
Gruen, Carola; Klasen, Stephan - 2012
In this paper we examine trends in economic well-being in transition countries from 1988-2008 to determine whether the populations of transition countries are better off today than prior to the transition process. To do this, we examine economic performance, inequality-adjusted well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171358