Search Results - subject:"STANDARD OF LIVING"

Monitoring dochodov i urovnja žizni naselenija Rossii : ...

Rossijskaja akademija nauk / Naučno-issledovatelʹskij …; … - Moskva : [FNISC RAN] - 2020 god [?]- = 2021, No 4 [?]- = 200 [?]-

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Social Convergence in Nordic NUTS-3 Regions

Kuc, Marta - 2017

economic development. Issues concerning the standard of living are one of the priorities of the Helsinki Treaty signed by … regions over the 2000-2015 period. The social convergence refers to a reduction in the dispersion of the standard of living … standard of living approximation. Inclusion of spatial relationships in the construction of taxonomic measure of development is …

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Well-Being Opportunities

Turnbull, Shann - 2017

This paper identifies opportunities for increasing individual wellbeing to provide a basis for its measurement and improvement. Opportunities for increasing wellbeing exist in the private, non-profit and government sectors by introducing elements of network governance to complement, restrain and...

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Problems and Prospects of Development of Human Capital As the Immanent Basis of Quality of Life of the Rural Population of the Russian Federation

Glushakova, Olga - 2017

The agrarian sector plays an important role in ensuring the food security of the state and the improvement of quality of life of each person and all the society. The increase in the infrastructure, economic and social problems of development of rural territories against the background of the...

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Sustaining Standard of Living Amidst Volatile Oil Prices – Lessons from the Gulf Countries

Sabah, Khaleefah - 2017

standard of living; peculiarities of oil trade; oil price determination; and management and the uncharacteristic application of …

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Construction of Household-Based Human Development Index : New District-Level Evidence for Punjab, Pakistan

Imran, Kashif - 2017

A popular critique of the human development index (HDI) is that it does not take into account the distribution of human development within a country. Building on a household-based human development index (HHDI), we used relevant and comprehensive indicators to reconstruct the sub-indices of the...

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The Great Recession and Racial Inequality : Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being

Masterson, Thomas - 2017

The Great Recession had a tremendous impact on low-income Americans, in particular black and Latino Americans. The losses in terms of employment and earnings are matched only by the losses in terms of real wealth. In many ways, however, these losses are merely a continuation of trends that have...

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Distinct within North America : Living Standards in French Canada, 1688 to 1775

Geloso, Vincent - 2017

This paper uses a novel dataset of prices and wages from the French colony of Quebec (Canada's second largest province today) between 1688 and 1775 in order to measure living standards during the colonial era. Using these data, I follow a welfare ratios approach and find that Quebec was poorer...

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Conflict and Poverty in Afghanistan's Transition

Floreani, Vincent - 2017

Despite record economic growth for more than a decade, poverty has remained stubbornly high in Afghanistan, especially in the regions that suffered less from conflict. This paper aims to explain this paradox by combining a model of conflict intensity at the province level over period 2007-14...

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Understanding Standard of Living and Correlates in Slums : An Analysis Using Monetary versus Multidimensional Approaches in Three Indian Cities

Bag, Sugata - 2017

Slum-dwellers in developing countries live under derogatory living conditions compared to the rest of the urban areas and are marginalised socially and economically. Urban policies towards improving the living conditions of the slum-dwellers require understanding the associated characteristics,...

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