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Life Satisfaction Over Time Among Rural Low-Income Mothers
Mammen, Sheila - 2009
capital (health, human, personal and social) as well as the mothers' levels of life satisfaction from prior years. Nearly two … satisfaction during two years. Finally, their satisfaction with social relationships, age of the youngest child, and total number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719068
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Happiness, growth, and public policy
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2013
employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009717888
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Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2013
employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085480
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Como as famílias brasileiras avaliam a suficiência de seus rendimentos segundo a POF 2002-2003: Implicações para um índice de qualidade de vida
Pessoa, Marcelo de Sales; da Silveira, Marcos Antonio … - 2010
The work investigates the demographic, economic and social determinants of the degree of satisfaction of the Brazilian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330474
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Como as famílias brasileiras avaliam a suficiência de seus rendimentos segundo a POF 2002 - 2003 : implicações para um índice de qualidade de vida
Pessoa, Marcelo de Sales; Silveira, Marcos Antonio … - 2010
The work investigates the demographic, economic and social determinants of the degree of satisfaction of the Brazilian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923196
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Economic Shocks and Subjective Well-Being : Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
Hariri, Jacob Gerner - 2013
This paper examines how economic shocks affect individual well-being in developing countries. Using the case of a sudden and unanticipated currency devaluation in Botswana as a quasi-experiment, we examine how this monetary shock affects individuals' evaluations of well-being. We do so by using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085795
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Is there an income-happiness puzzle in China? : a national survey, 2003-2021
Yang, Jinyang - 2023
in the new century. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) waves 2003-2021, the study reveals a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014308855
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Looking for a star: evaluating the effect of the cohesion policy on regional well-being
Albanese, Giuseppe; Carrieri, Vincenzo; Speziali, Maria … - 2021
This paper presents new evidence on the last concluded wave (2007-2013) of the EU cohesion policy. We depart from the broadly used GDP-growth approach and evaluate the impact of EU Structural Funds (SFs) on a battery of regional well-being indicators including economic, educational, health, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583676
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Can investments in social protection contribute to subjective well-being? : a cross-country analysis
Kolev, Alexandre; Tassot, Caroline - 2016
growing, but the literature remains in its infancy as to the role of social protection despite important policy implications …. The objective of this paper is to explore the relationship between investments in social protection (as a proxy for the … level of social protection services received by the population) and individuals’ evaluative and experienced well-being. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580791
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Does relative income matter? : are the critics right?
Layard, Peter R. G.; Mayraz, Guy; Nickell, Stephen J. - 2009
Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And does this help to explain why in the U.S., Germany and some other advanced countries, happiness has been constant for many decades? The answer to both questions is "Yes". We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635703