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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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Natural hazard risk and life satisfaction : empirical evidence for U.S. hurricanes
Berlemann, Michael; Eurich, Marina - 2020
The ongoing process of climate change goes along with an increase in the frequency and severity of various sorts of natural disasters. While the existing literature has almost exclusively focused on studying the direct effects resulting from different types of disasters, the effect of changing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012436249
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Are social exclusion and poverty measures interrelated? : a study with Spanish data
Sánchez, Cristina; Cortiñas, Pedro; Calvo, José Luís - 2012
One of the targets of Europe's growth strategy (Europe 2020) is "reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 … million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion". Since poverty is a multidimensional concept, EUROSTAT proposes … three indicators to calculate it: people at risk-of-poverty after social transfers (persons are at risk of poverty if their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518159
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011750480
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422914
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Socio-economic inequality in South Africa according to different disparity indices
Hakizimana, Jean-Mari V.; Geyer, Hermanus S. - 2014
The purpose of the paper is to identify areas in South Africa where social-economic disparity exists using 2011 census data. Different indices are used to measure spatial disparity with the aim of finding the most appropriate approach for measuring disparities under different circumstances. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504381
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011616779
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Spatial distribution of poverty in the European Union
Stankovicŏvá, Iveta; Želinský, Tomáš - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581773
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515562
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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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