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relevant to socio-political outcomes: the harder the impact, the lower the life satisfaction level and the more negative the …
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This article examines how economic shocks affect individual well-being in developing countries. Using the case of a sudden and unanticipated currency devaluation in Botswana as a quasi-experiment, the article examines how this monetary shock affects individuals' evaluations of well-being. This...
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There is growing recognition that access to good jobs is an important driver of social cohesion. While economic dimensions of labor market outcomes are relatively well documented, evidence on the link between social cohesion and jobs is still surprisingly scarce. This paper, based on an earlier...
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reflects changes in perceived satisfaction with living standards and the ability to have a purposeful and meaningful life …
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The paper investigates the relation between social capital and life satisfaction focusing on the distinction between … the locus of socializing and use it to explore the relation between social capital and life satisfaction across world … bridging attitudes for life satisfaction. This suggests that the social capital dimensions important for economic growth may …
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This paper uses 16 waves of panel data from the British Household Panel Survey to evaluate the role of subjective well-being in determining labor market transitions. It confirms a previous finding in the literature: individuals report a fall in their happiness when they lose a job, but they...
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compact fluorescent lamps after the free compact fluorescent lamp distribution program in Ethiopia. It is found that the …
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empirical tests are presented: 1) a regulation change by the National Bank of Ethiopia in 2011; 2) the introduction of bank …
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comprehensive household surveys and other data from Ethiopia, the paper recasts light on the heterogeneous impacts of road …
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for power. This paper evaluates one of the recent energy-efficiency programs in Ethiopia, which distributed 350 …
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