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Energy Security and the Revival of Geopolitics
Molchanov, Mikhail - 2016
The issue of energy security is being reviewed from a standpoint of geopolitics. The contention is that geopolitics is inescapably related to the question of energy security for a simple reason: the contradiction between the universal character of energy demand and the nation-state’s exclusive...
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Can investments in social protection contribute to subjective well-being? : a cross-country analysis
Kolev, Alexandre; Tassot, Caroline - 2016
Subjective well-being has in recent years been recognised as a goal of development that captures non-monetary or subjective dimensions of well-being. The body of evidence on the individual and societal determinants of subjective well-being is growing, but the literature remains in its infancy as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580791
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Child poverty, evidence and policy : mainstreaming children in international development
Jones, Nicola; Sumner, Andrew - 2011
Recent studies suggest that current approaches to tackling childhood poverty have had limited efficacy. This book brings together a discussion of childhoods, children's experiences of poverty and development discourses, and case studies to highlight the importance of integrating children's...
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Welfare reform and the subjective well-being of single mothers
Herbst, Chris M. - In: Journal of population economics 26 (2013) 1, pp. 203-238
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New comparative measures of income, material deprivation, and well-being
Smeeding, Timothy M. - In: Counting the poor : new thinking about European poverty …, (pp. 399-408). 2012
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How political systems and social welfare policies affect well-being : a literature review
MacCulloch, Robert - 2017
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How Political Systems and Social Welfare Policies Affect Well-Being : A Literature Review
MacCulloch, Robert - 2017
This chapter focuses on the question of how formal institutions, like those governing the level of freedom, the regulatory state, political parties and the generosity of the welfare state, affect self-reported well-being. The evidence suggests, for example, that more freedom, as well as...
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The consequences of social policy for subjective well-being : a new paradox?
Akaeda, Naoki - 2022
-being inequality. This analysis utilizes benefit recipiency data from the Luxembourg Income Study Database, pooled data from the World … welfare transfers on life satisfaction and of the cross-level interactions of the welfare transfer variables and household … income on life satisfaction. The results of this study indicate that (1) transfer share is positively associated with life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014455204
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Fiscal Costs of Climate Mitigation Programmes in the UK : A Challenge for Social Policy?
Gough, Ian - 2011
the most demanding targets in the world: to reduce GHG emissions (compared with 1990) by at least 80% by 2050 and by at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119974
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Integrating Social Insurance and Social Assistance Programs for the Future World of Labor
Palacios, Robert J. - 2020
a world of labor characterized by persistent low productivity jobs, more frequent labor market transitions including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833862