While the "relative Gini coefficient" is one of the common criteria for measuring inequality, people's perception of inequality seems to go beyond this criterion. Hence, self-report of subjective well-being (SWB) is becoming the focus of studies in public policies to improving social welfare....

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted significant challenges in designing social assistance strategies for crisis management. This study investigates optimal approaches using theoretical modeling and multinomial logit analysis of data from 47 countries during the pre-vaccination phase of 2020. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted significant challenges in designing social assistance strategies for crisis management. This study investigates optimal approaches using theoretical modeling and multinomial logit analysis of data from 47 countries during the pre-vaccination phase of 2020. The...

This study examines the effect of drought on housing and residential land prices in Iran. Using panel data covering the 2006–2015 period for 31 provinces of Iran and applying a dynamic system and the difference Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) methods, we find that an increase in the...

This study demonstrates an economic consequence of climate change and water crises in Iran. It examines the effect of drought on housing prices, residential land prices, and housing rents in Iran. Using data from provinces of Iran from 1993 to 2015 and applying static and dynamic panel fixed...

We study the socio-economic determinants of child (girls below age of 19 years) marriage using a panel data of thirty Iranian provinces from 2007 to 2015. Our panel fixed effects and generalized method of moments (GMM) estimations show that the level of income per capita (with negative effect),...

The new Coronavirus pandemic has extensive negative socioeconomic impacts. However, its effects on climate change and in particular air pollution, at least at the beginning of the outbreak, is not clear. Fear of getting the Coronavirus in crowded public spaces increased the use of personal cars,...