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 …

This paper compares consumption and income as measures of households' living standards using UK data. It presents … evidence that income is likely to be under-recorded for households with low resources. It describes the different impressions … an imputed income from housing, rather than near-cash income. It describes what different impressions one gets about the …

-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups …. Ordered probit regression analysis of well-being reveals large influence of gender, rural residency and household income … registration identity) and education status, household assets, the influence of past and future income and province dummies, we …

Vietnam on the income and poverty status of households. Our simulations suggest that COVID-19 leads to substantial reduction … remittance inflow projections by Asian Development Bank (ADB), this study first estimated the COVID-19 pandemic on income and … poverty status of the Vietnamese households, and then simulated the impact of cash transfer programs by the government of …

reinforced inequalities in income, savings, epidemic risk and even individual preventive behaviors. We present in more detail two … loosing their income because of contamination. Data on six countries confirm a disproportionate impact of the epidemic on the …