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The gasoline price and the commuting behavior: Towards sustainable modes of transport

Belloc, Ignacio; Giménez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, … - 2022

This paper analyzes how gasoline price is related to the time workers in the US spend commuting by private vehicle … data on gasoline price by state and year, we find that higher gasoline prices are related to less commuting by private car …, and more commuting by public transport, walking, and cycling, the latter being transportation alternatives that are more …

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Challenged by Migration: Europe’s Options

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017

This paper examines the migration and labor mobility in the European Union and elaborates on their importance for the existence of the EU. Against all measures of success, the current public debate seems to suggest that the political consensus that migration is beneficial is broken. This comes...

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Are Long-Lived Persons Utility Monsters?

Ponthiere, Gregory - 2022

Nozick's "utility monster" - a being who is more efficient than other persons at transforming resources into well-being - is often regarded as deeply impossible, on the ground of the incapacity of a single person to have a life that is better than a large number of other lives. In this article,...

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Robots, Meaning, and Self-Determination

Nikolova, Milena; Cnossen, Femke - 2022

We are the first to examine the impact of robotization on work meaningfulness and autonomy, competence, and relatedness, which are key for motivation and human flourishing at work. Using worker-level data from 13 industries in 20 European countries and OLS and instrumental variables estimations,...

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Collective emotions and macro-level shocks: COVID-19 vs the Ukrainian war

Rossouw, Stephanié; Greyling, Talita - 2022

We know that when collective emotions are prolonged, it leads not only to action (which could be negative) but also to the formation of identity, culture, or an emotional climate. Therefore, policymakers must understand how collective emotions react to macro-level shocks to mitigate potentially...

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In Need of a Roof: Pandemic and Housing Vulnerability

Mundra, Kusum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2023

Housing is a basic need and is intricately connected to a household's health and wellness. The current pandemic has exposed the housing vulnerability for certain subgroups of the population and further jeopardized these household's health and stability. Using the Household Pulse Survey launched...

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The Morbidity Costs of Air Pollution through the Lens of Health Spending in China

Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xun; Liu, Yuehua; Zhao, Xintong; Chen, Xi - 2023

This study is one of the first investigating the causal evidence of the morbidity costs of fine particulates (PM2.5) for all age cohorts in a developing country, using individual-level health spending data from a basic medical insurance program in Wuhan, China. Our instrumental variable (IV)...

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Child Gender and Subjective Well-being of Older Parents in China

Lei, Lei; Wu, Fengyu; Xia, Yiming - 2023

In many societies, parents prefer sons over daughters, but the well-being effects of child gender, especially in later life, are less studied. Using the latest two waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this paper evaluates the impacts of having daughters on older...

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Rapid Economic Growth but Rising Poverty Segregation: Will Vietnam Meet the SDGs for Equitable Development?

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Dhongde, Shatakshee; Do, Minh; … - 2023

Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few decades. Yet, recent evidence indicates that the country's economic growth has not been uniform. Compiling and analyzing new extensive province-level data from the Vietnam...

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Informality, Education-Occupation Mismatch, and Wages: Evidence from India

Bahl, Shweta; Sharma, Ajay - 2023

This article examines the intertwining relationship between informality and education-occupation mismatch (EOM) and the consequent impact on the workers' wages. In particular, we discuss two issues - first, the relative importance of informality and education-occupation mismatch in determining...

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