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Poverty and welfare measurement on the basis of prospect theory

Jäntti, Markus; Kanbur, Ravi; Nyyssölä, Milla; … - 2013

equivalent income. These differences are illustrated using household-level panel data from Russia and Vietnam. …

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The application of the capability approach to high-income OECD countries: A preliminary survey

Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2011

The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...

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Does Gender Equality Translate into Economic Equality? Evidence from about 150 Nations

Nelson, Michael A.; Goel, Rajeev K. - 2021

This paper adds to our understanding of the causes of income inequality across nations by examining the influence of different aspects of gender equality or female empowerment. Whereas the economics of income inequality has been an area of active academic inquiry, the role of gender equality has...

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Nighttime Lights as a Proxy for Human Development at the Local Level

Bruederle, Anna; Hodler, Roland - 2017

Nighttime lights are increasingly used by social scientists as a proxy for economic activity and economic development in subnational spatial units. However, so far, our understanding of what nighttime lights capture is limited. We construct local indicators of household wealth, education and...

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Does Gender Equality Translate into Economic Equality? Evidence from About 150 Nations

Nelson, Michael A.; Goel, Rajeev K. - 2021

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Consumer Sentiment during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Others' Beliefs

Bui, Dzung; Dräger, Lena; Hayo, Bernd; Nghiem, Giang - 2021

sentiment. Conducting consumer surveys with randomized control trials (RCTs) in Thailand and Vietnam during the COVID-19 … asymmetric across our sample countries, as it shows opposite appropriateness ratings of the governments’ reaction in Vietnam and … Thailand, whereas the second treatment is rather symmetric. We find that the information treatments affect consumer sentiment …

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Living standards in black and white: evidence from the heights of Ohio prison inmates, 1829 - 1913

Carson, Scott Alan; Maloney, Thomas N. - 2006

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic history literature. Moreover, a number of core findings in this literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence...

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Modern health standards for peoples of the past: biological conditions by race in the American South, 1873 - 1919

Carson, Scott Alan - 2006

Recent modern life expectancy improvements rely heavily on medical intervention; however, before the mid-20th century, increased longevity was primarily the result of improved nutrition and less virulent disease environments. Moreover, 19th century health conditions varied by race, especially in...

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Slave prices, geography and insolation in 19th century African-American stature

Carson, Scott Alan - 2007

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. Moreover, while much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century institutional arrangements were related to black stature....

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Trends of children's height and parental unemployment: a large-scale anthropometric study on Eastern Germany, 1994 - 2006

Baten, Jörg; Böhm, Andreas - 2008

The average height of children is an indicator for the quality of nutrition and health care. Heights have never declined over longer time spans in Eastern Germany since 1880 - except for the most recent period 1997-2006. In the Eastern German Land of Brandenburg, a data set of 253,050 pre-school...

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