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Endogeneity in the Relation between Poverty, Wealth and Life Satisfaction
Hajek, André - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of … life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational … from 1998-2009 is examined. This study has two main goals: (1) To contribute to the interconnection between poverty, wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010717496
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Well-Being in Germany: What Explains the Regional Variation?
Vatter, Johannes - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a diminishing but still significant gap between East and West Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts. The observed regional pattern of life satisfaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896237
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Changing Identity: Retiring from Unemployment
Hetschko, Clemens; Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2009, we follow persons from their working life into their retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long-term unemployed people report a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293730
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Life Satisfaction and Unemployment: The Role of Voluntariness and Job Prospects
Hajek, André - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
By using longitudinal data the relation between satisfaction with life and unemployment is analyzed in this study. Data used in this publication were made available by the German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin. A period from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896240
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You Don't Know What You've Got till It's Gone!: Unemployment and Intertemporal Changes in Self-Reported Life Satisfaction
Klemm, Marcus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
This paper uses concurrently and - for the first time - retrospectively reported life satisfaction from the 1984 to 1987 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to study the importance of different comparison standards for the empirical correlation of unemployment and subjective life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399839
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Unemployment as a Social Norm in Germany
Clark, Andrew E.; Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between the subjective well-being of both the employed and unemployed and regional unemployment rates. While employed men suffer from regional unemployment, unemployed men are significantly less negatively affected. This is consistent with a social-norm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018717
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Honey, I got Fired! A Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis of the Effect of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction in Couples
Luhmann, Maike; Weiss, Pola; Hosoya, Georg; Eid, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Previous research on unemployment and life satisfaction has focused on the effects of unemployment on individuals but neglected the effects on their partners. In the present study, we used dyadic multilevel models to analyze longitudinal data from 2,973 couples selected from a German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114568
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Economic and Distributional Impacts of Biofuels in Mali
Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Coulibaly, Massa; Timilsina, … - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2011
slightly negative or weakly positive but generate reductions in poverty at the national level and for rural households. The pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019263
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La fin des exonérations de TVA sur les biens agricoles est-elle favorable aux pauvres ? Le cas du Niger
Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Quatrebarbes, Céline de; Savard, Luc - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2010
Afin de disposer des ressources publiques nécessaires à son développement, le Niger étudie la possibilité d’élargir l’assiette fiscale de la TVA aux biens exonérés et aux biens d’alimentations de base. Cette proposition a provoqué des oppositions violentes conduisant à poser la...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727327
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Can the removal of VAT Exemptions support the Poor? The Case of Niger
Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Quatrebarbes, Céline de; Savard, Luc - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2011
account the national goal of poverty reduction. The net social impact of exoneration depends on the economic structure of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833958