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A decomposition of multidimensional economic well-being : an application to Spanish regions

Díaz Caro, Carlos; Pérez Mayo, Jesús - 2015 - (Early draft version)

The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...

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The value of public service broadcasting in Japan : the life satisfaction approach

Okuyama, Naoko - 2017

Evaluation of amenities and benefits of public service broadcasting is crucially important with the accelerated convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications and the increasing heterogeneities of media use by individuals. With the use of the microdata provided from a survey carried out by...

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Do people choose what makes them happy and how do they decide at all? : a theoretical inquiry

Scheuer, Niklas - 2020

We develop a theoretical model that jointly explains optimal choices and happiness. We work with constant elasticity of substitution functions for utility and happiness. Employing a choice framework, individuals are confronted with two options. When there exists a trade-off, we determine...

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Child poverty in a regional perspective : a study of Sweden 1990 and 2010 : a paper prepared for the 53rd European Congress of Regional Science International, 27-31 August 2013, Pa...

Rauhut, Daniel; Lingärde, Svante - 2013

the national level, the local level is in focus to illuminate differences between municipalities. Studies on poverty are … no exception. The regional level contains a lot of information which is needed to understand the dynamics of poverty …. Without this information it is difficult to fight or mitigate poverty. The previous research focusing on i) regional aspects …

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Spatial distribution of poverty in the European Union

Stankovicŏvá, Iveta; Želinský, Tomáš - 2013

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Determinants of monetary poverty in the European Union

Želinský, Tomáš - 2012

The main objective of the study is to analyze the most important determinants of monetary poverty (at macro-level) in … poverty or social exclusion over 23 percent of EU citizens can be considered poor. In this study a spatial Durbin model (SDM … part of the European Union. The at-risk-of-poverty rate (i.e. monetary poverty indicator) across western EU regions is the …

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When place is too big : happy town and unhappy metropolis

Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam - 2015 - Draft: Monday 10th November, 2014

Most scholars in urban studies, public policy and public administration support city living, that is, they (usually implicitly) suggest that people are happy in cities or at least they focus on how to make people happy in cities. Planners also largely focus on making cities happy places, e.g.,...

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[Predicting GDP of 289 NUTS regions in Europe with 'subjective' indicators for human and social capital]

Weckroth, Mikko; Kemppainen, Teemu; Sørensen, Jens … - 2015

Most of the aggregate level analyses on the relationship between objective and subjective measures for well-being have limited themselves to measures of national GDP and mean life satisfaction. We develop this line of research by embedding the analysis into the context of 289 NUTS regions in...

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Ozone pollution, health and well-being

Rechlitz, Julia; Sarmiento, Luis; Zaklan, Aleksandar - 2019

This paper evaluates the effect of ozone pollution on individuals' subjective health satisfaction and well-being, allowing us to capture both direct and indirect effects of ozone pollution on adults. Specifically, we focus on differences between households with and without children. We combine...

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Decentralization, subjective well-being and the perception of institutions

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2012

This paper analyses whether the different powers and resources at the disposal of local and regional governments across Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses microdata from the four available waves of the...

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