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Framework impact subjective well-being. The results show that income is an important determinant of subjective well-being. The …
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technological progress having lifted average income to high levels. Nonetheless, there is evidence that the benefits from growth … have not been sufficiently broad based. Self-reported happiness increases with income, an issue particularly resonant in a … country with among the highest levels of income inequality in the OECD and a pattern of inequality that appears to be moving …
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In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity gaps between firms may have contributed to both developments. This paper uses a new harmonised cross-country linked employer-employee dataset for 14 OECD countries to analyse the...
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New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that...
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In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity gaps between firms may have contributed to both developments. This paper uses a new harmonised cross-country linked employer-employee dataset for 14 OECD countries to analyse the...
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of life satisfaction that are above what would be predicted by the available objective measures of well-being. This … satisfaction is different in Mexico than in other countries. The results show that the drivers of life satisfaction are very … similar to those in other countries. In particular, as in other countries, in Mexico income, education, health, job status and …
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