Research classified by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes

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Top JEL
/ I: Health, Education, and Welfare
/ / I3: Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
/ / / I31: General Welfare, Well-Being

2008

• Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo, 2008, "What Is Middle Class about the Middle Classes around the World?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 2, pages 3-28, Spring.
• Angus Deaton, 2008, "Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 2, pages 53-72, Spring.
• Gundi Knies & Simon Burgess & Carol Propper, 2008, "Keeping up with the Schmidt`s – An Empirical Test of Relative Deprivation Theory in the Neighbourhood Context," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, volume 128, issue 1, pages 75-108.
• Maldonado, Jorge Higinio & Moreno-Sanchez, Rocio del Pilar, 2008, "Does scarcity exacerbate the tragedy of the commons? Evidence from fishers’ experimental responses," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association), number 6528, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6528.
• Flavio Tosi Feijó & Augusto Mussi Alvim, 2008, "Impactos econômicos para o Brasil de um choque tecnológico na produção de etanol," Anais do XXXVI Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 36th Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics], number 200807210957440.
• Cristina Vargas de Flood, 2008, "Gasto Público Social: conceptos y alcances," Ensayos de Política Económica, Departamento de Investigación Francisco Valsecchi, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina., volume 1, issue 2, pages 82-106, Octubre.
• Timothy J. Hatton & Richard M. Martin, 2008, "The Effects on Stature of Poverty, Family Size and Birth Order: British Children in the 1930s," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University, number 572, Feb.
• Andrea Brandolini, 2008, "On applying synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being: health and income inequalities in selected EU countries," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 668, Apr.
• Stefano Iezzi, 2008, "Investors' risk attitude and risky behavior: a Bayesian approach with imperfect information," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 692, Sep.
• Pérez-Valbuena, Gerson Javier, 2008, "Dimensión espacial de la pobreza en Colombia," Chapters, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, chapter 5, in: Bonet-Morón, Jaime Alfredo, "Geografía económica y análisis espacial en Colombia", DOI: 10.32468/Ebook.664-200-2.
• Viloria-de-la-Hoz, Joaquín, 2008, "Salud pública y situación hospitalaria en Cartagena," Chapters, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, chapter 4, in: Meisel-Roca, Adolfo, "La economía y el capital humano de Cartagena de Indias", DOI: 10.32468/Ebook.664-221-7.
• Romero-Prieto, Julio Enrique, 2008, "¿Discriminación laboral o capital humano? : determinantes del ingreso laboral de los afrocartageneros," Chapters, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, chapter 2, in: Meisel-Roca, Adolfo, "La economía y el capital humano de Cartagena de Indias", DOI: 10.32468/Ebook.664-221-7.
• Pérez-Valbuena, Gerson Javier & Salazar-Mejía, Irene, 2008, "La pobreza en Cartagena : un análisis por barrios," Chapters, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, chapter 1, in: Meisel-Roca, Adolfo, "La economía y el capital humano de Cartagena de Indias", DOI: 10.32468/Ebook.664-221-7.
• Viloria-de-la-Hoz, Joaquín, 2008, "Educación primaria en Cartagena : análisis de cobertura, costos y eficiencia," Chapters, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, chapter 3, in: Meisel-Roca, Adolfo, "La economía y el capital humano de Cartagena de Indias", DOI: 10.32468/Ebook.664-221-7.
• Stephan Meier & Alois Stutzer, 2008, "Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, volume 75, issue 297, pages 39-59, February, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00597.x.
• Claudia Senik, 2008, "Ambition and Jealousy: Income Interactions in the ‘Old’ Europe versus the ‘New’ Europe and the United States," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, volume 75, issue 299, pages 495-513, August, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00629.x.
• Benno Torgler & Nemanja Antić & Uwe Dulleck, 2008, "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Happiest of Them All?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, volume 61, issue 2, pages 309-319, May, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2008.00403.x.
• Marco Francesconi, 2008, "Adult Outcomes for Children of Teenage Mothers," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 110, issue 1, pages 93-117, March, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00526.x.
• Arthur Lewbel & Krishna Pendakur, 2008, "Estimation of Collective Household Models With Engel Curves," Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics, number 694, May.
• Paul Gregg & Carol Propper & Elizabeth Washbrook, 2008, "Understanding the Relationship between Parental Income and Multiple Child Outcomes: a decomposition analysis," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK, number 08/193, Jan.
• Frey, Bruno S. & Stutzer, Alois, 2008, "Economic consequences of mispredicting utility," Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel, number 2008/01.
• Luechinger, Simon & Meier, Stephan & Stutzer, Alois, 2008, "Why does unemployment hurt the employed? Evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and the privat sector," Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel, number 2008/03.
• Jean-Pierre Lachaud, 2008, "Le travail des enfants et la pauvreté en Afrique : un réexamen appliqué au Burkina Faso," Economie & Prévision, La Documentation Française, volume 0, issue 5, pages 47-65.
• Ambra Poggi, 2008, "Job satisfaction, working conditions and job-expectations," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies, number 73.
• Giovanni Sulis, 2008, "Gender Wage Differentials in Italy: A Structural Estimation Approach," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies, number 74.
• Bruno S. Frey & Simon Luechinger & Alois Stutzer, 2004, "Valuing Public Goods: The Life Satisfaction Approach," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1158.
• Bernard M.S. van Praag, 2004, "The Connexion Between Old and New Approaches to Financial Satisfaction," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1212.
• Bruno S. Frey & Simon Luechinger & Alois Stutzer, 2004, "Calculating Tragedy: Assessing the Costs of Terrorism," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1341.
• Bernard M.S. van Praag, 2007, "Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1912.
• Scott A. Carson, 2008, "Health, Wealth and Inequality: a Contribution to the Debate about the Relationship between Inequality and Health," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2256.
• Andreas Knabe & Steffen Rätzel, 2008, "Scarring or Scaring? The Psychological Impact of Past Unemployment and Future Unemployment Risk," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2457.
• Katherine Aguirre Tobón, 2008, "Convergencia: del análisis del nivel de actividad económica a las variables sociales. Una revisión de la literatura del caso colombiano," Documentos de CERAC, CERAC -Centro de Recursos para el Análisis de Conflictos, number 5241, Nov.
• Alexis Palma, 2008, "Size, Significance, and Sources of Recent Income Inequality Changes in Chile," Revista CIFE, Universidad Santo Tomás.
• Ramón Javier Mesa Callejas & M�nica Alexandra G�mez Ospina, 2008, "Análisis y perspectivas de la reforma monetaria en Venezuela (el bolívar fuerte): efectos en Colombia," Revista Semestre Económico, Universidad de Medellín.
• Nelson Alvis Guzmán & Luis Alvis Estrada & Robinson Castro �vila & Juan Correa Reyes, 2008, "Pobreza y vulnerabilidad social en Colombia," Revista Panorama Económico, Universidad de Cartagena, volume 0, issue 0, pages 1-26.
• Aaron Espinosa Espinosa & Jorge Alvis Arrieta & Daniel Toro Gonzalez, 2008, "Bolivar frente a los objetivos de desarrollo del milenio," Revista Economía y Región, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar.
• Andrés Gómez León & Jeanne Kelly Ruíz Tavera & Jaime Vergara Hincapié, 2008, "Richard Layard y la Economía de la Felicidad," Ensayos de Economía, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, number 8069, Sep.
• Clark, Andrew E. & Diener, Ed & Georgellis, Yannis & Lucas, Richard E., 2008, "Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb), CEPREMAP, number 0803, Feb.
• Sule Alan & Kadir Atalay & Thomas F. Crossley, 2008, "The Adequacy of Retirement Savings: Subjective Survey Reports by Retired Canadians," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, volume 34, issue s1, pages 95-118, November.
• Alexander Moradi, 2008, "Towards an Objective Account of Nutrition and Health in Colonial Kenya: A Study of Stature in African Army Recruits and Civilians, 1880-1980," CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, number 2008-04.
• Margaret Irving & Geeta Kingdon, 2008, "Gender patterns in household health expenditure allocation: A study of South Africa," CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, number 2008-32.
• Maurizio Pugno, 2008, "The Easterlin paradox and the decline of social capital: an integrated explanation," Working Papers, Universita' di Cassino, Dipartimento di Economia e Giurisprudenza, number 2008-02, Feb.
• Helliwell, John F. & Huang, Haifang, 2008, "How's Your Government? International Evidence Linking Good Government and Well-Being," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, volume 38, issue 4, pages 595-619, October.
• Simon Luechinger & Stephan Meier & Alois Stutzer, 2008, "Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 106.
• Eva M. Berger, 2008, "A Note on the High Stability of Happiness: The Minimal Effects of a Nuclear Catastrophe on Life Satisfaction," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 109.
• Eva M. Sierminska & Joachim R. Frick & Markus M. Grabka, 2008, "Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 115.
• Christoph Wunder, 2008, "Adaptation to Income over Time: A Weak Point of Subjective Well-Being," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 130.
• Andrew E. Clark & Andreas Knabe & Steffen Rätzel, 2008, "Unemployment as a Social Norm in Germany," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 132.
• Simon Luechinger & Alois Stutzer & Rainer Winkelmann, 2008, "Self-Selection and Subjective Well-Being: Copula Models with an Application to Public and Private Sector Work," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 135.
• Ulrich Schimmack, 2008, "Measuring Wellbeing in the SOEP," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 145.
• Johannes Schwarze, 2008, "Subjective Measures of Economic Well-Being and the Influence of Income Uncertainty," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 149.
• Andrew E. Clark & Ed Diener & Yannis Georgellis & Richard E. Lucas, 2008, "Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 84.
• Richard A. Easterlin, 2008, "Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 94.
• Richard A. Easterlin & Anke C. Zimmermann, 2008, "Life Satisfaction and Economic Conditions in East and West Germany Pre- and Post-Unification," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 95.
• Eva M. Berger, 2008, "A Note on the High Stability of Happiness: The Minimal Effects of a Nuclear Catastrophe on Life Satisfaction," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, number 803.
• Eva M. Sierminska & Joachim R. Frick & Markus M. Grabka, 2008, "Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, number 806.
• Atanu Sengupta & Subrata Kundu, 2008, "Factor Contribution and Productivity Growth in Underdeveloped Agriculture: A Study from Liberalised India," Indian Economic Review, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, volume 43, issue 2, pages 265-285, December.
• KONYA, Laszlo & GUISAN, Maria-Carmen, 2008, "What Does The Human Development Index Tell Us About Convergence?," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, volume 8, issue 1, pages 19-40.
• Rizwana Siddiqui, 2008, "Income, Public Social Services, and Capability Development : A Cross-district Analysis of Pakistan," Development Economics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, number 22221, Jan.
• Srijit Mishra & Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, 2008, "On A Class of Human Development Index Measures," Development Economics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, number 22340, Jan.
• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, 2008, "Gender-based Indicators in Human Development - Correcting for ‘Missing Women’," Development Economics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, number 22355, Jan.
• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan & Srijit Mishra & B. Sudhakara Reddy, 2008, "An Alternative Approach to Measure HDI," Microeconomics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, number 22403, Jan.
• Laurens Cherchye & Bram De Rock & Frederic Vermeulen, 2008, "Economic well-being and poverty among the elderly: an analysis based on a collective consumption model," Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 2008-026, Feb.
• AlisonL. Booth & JanC. vanOurs, 2008, "Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-Time Work Puzzle," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, volume 118, issue 526, pages 77-99, February.
• Andrew E. Clark & Ed Diener & Yannis Georgellis & Richard E. Lucas, 2008, "Lags And Leads in Life Satisfaction: a Test of the Baseline Hypothesis," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, volume 118, issue 529, pages 222-243, June.
• Di Tella, Rafael & MacCulloch, Robert, 2008, "Gross national happiness as an answer to the Easterlin Paradox?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 86, issue 1, pages 22-42, April.
• Fafchamps, Marcel & Shilpi, Forhad, 2008, "Subjective welfare, isolation, and relative consumption," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 86, issue 1, pages 43-60, April.
• Lewbel, Arthur & Pendakur, Krishna, 2008, "Estimation of collective household models with Engel curves," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, volume 147, issue 2, pages 350-358, December.
• Maloney, Thomas N. & Carson, Scott Alan, 2008, "Living standards in Black and White: Evidence from the heights of Ohio Prison inmates, 1829-1913," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, volume 6, issue 2, pages 237-251, July.
• Bruni, Luigino & Stanca, Luca, 2008, "Watching alone: Relational goods, television and happiness," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 65, issue 3-4, pages 506-528, March.
• Senik, Claudia, 2008, "Is man doomed to progress?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 68, issue 1, pages 140-152, October.
• Easterlin, Richard A. & Plagnol, Anke C., 2008, "Life satisfaction and economic conditions in East and West Germany pre- and post-unification," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 68, issue 3-4, pages 433-444, December.
• Frijters, Paul & Ulker, Aydogan, 2008, "Robustness in health research: Do differences in health measures, techniques, and time frame matter?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 6, pages 1626-1644, December.
• Matlack, Janna L. & Vigdor, Jacob L., 2008, "Do rising tides lift all prices? Income inequality and housing affordability," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, volume 17, issue 3, pages 212-224, September.
• Kristensen, Nicolai & Johansson, Edvard, 2008, "New evidence on cross-country differences in job satisfaction using anchoring vignettes," Labour Economics, Elsevier, volume 15, issue 1, pages 96-117, February.
• Wunder, Christoph & Schwarze, Johannes & Krug, Gerhard & Herzog, Bodo, 2008, "Welfare effects of the euro cash changeover," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 24, issue 3, pages 571-586, September.
• Oswald, Andrew J. & Powdthavee, Nattavudh, 2008, "Does happiness adapt? A longitudinal study of disability with implications for economists and judges," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, volume 92, issue 5-6, pages 1061-1077, June.
• Krueger, Alan B. & Schkade, David A., 2008, "The reliability of subjective well-being measures," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, volume 92, issue 8-9, pages 1833-1845, August.
• Layard, R. & Mayraz, G. & Nickell, S., 2008, "The marginal utility of income," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, volume 92, issue 8-9, pages 1846-1857, August.
• Stein, Alexander J. & Meenakshi, J.V. & Qaim, Matin & Nestel, Penelope & Sachdev, H.P.S. & Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., 2008, "Potential impacts of iron biofortification in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, volume 66, issue 8, pages 1797-1808, April.
• Appleton, Simon & Song, Lina, 2008, "Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants," World Development, Elsevier, volume 36, issue 11, pages 2325-2340, November.
• Bird, Kelly & Manning, Chris, 2008, "Minimum Wages and Poverty in a Developing Country: Simulations from Indonesia's Household Survey," World Development, Elsevier, volume 36, issue 5, pages 916-933, May.
• Kiernan, Kathleen E. & Huerta, Maria Carmen, 2008, "Economic deprivation, maternal depression, parenting and children's cognitive and emotional development in early childhood," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 43720.
• Peter Krause, 2008, "Redistributive Impacts of Government and Private Household Activities. Trends in Equivalized Household Net Incomes and Intra-household Earnings in Germany, 1985-2005," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Edward Elgar Publishing, volume 5, issue 1, pages 129-153.
• López-Calva, Luis Felipe & Mélendez Martínez, Álvaro & Rascón Ramirez, Ericka G & Rodríguez-Chamussy, Lourdes & Székely Pardo, Miguel, 2008, "El ingreso de los hogares en el mapa de México," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, volume 75, issue 300, pages 843-896, octubre-d, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v75i.
• Mark Weisbrot, 2008, "An Empty Research Agenda: The Creation of Myths About Contemporary Venezuela," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), number 2008-10, Mar.
• Mark Weisbrot, 2008, "How Not to Attack an Economist (and an Economy): Getting the Numbers Right," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), number 2008-13, Apr.
• Tarek H. Selim, 2008, "The Education Market in Egypt: A Game Theory Approach," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 422, Jan, revised 06 Jan 2008.
• Tim Callan & Claire Keane, 2008, "Non-Cash Benefits and the Distribution of Economic Welfare," Papers, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number WP245, May.
• Abhijit Banerjee, 2008, "What is Middle Class About the Middle Classes Around the World?," Working Papers, eSocialSciences, number id:1363.
• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, 2008, "Gender-based Indicators in Human Development: Correcting for ‘Missing Women’," Working Papers, eSocialSciences, number id:1760.
• Laurens Cherchye & Bram De Rock & Frederik Vermeulen, 2008, "Economic well-being and poverty among the elderly: an analysis based on a collective consumption model," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven, number ces0807, Mar.
• Diego Lanzi, 2008, "Gender Auditing e Approccio delle Capacit?: Teoria e Metodologia," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, volume 2008, issue 5-6, pages 125-152.
• Simon Luechinger & Stephan Meier & Alois Stutzer, 2008, "Why does unemployment hurt the employed?: evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and private sectors," Public Policy Discussion Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, number 08-1.
• Mary C. Daly & Daniel J. Wilson, 2008, "Happiness, unhappiness, and suicide: an empirical assessment," Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, number 2008-19.
• Patrick Webb, 2008, "More Food, But Not Yet Enough: 20th Century Successes in Agriculture Growth and 21st Century Challenges," Working Papers in Food Policy and Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, number 38, May.
• Claudia Senik, 2008, "Ambition and jealousy: Income interactions in the 'Old Europe versus the 'New' Europe and the United States," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00754274, Aug, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00629.x.
• Andrew E. Clark & Ed Diener & Yannis Georgellis & Richard E. Lucas, 2008, "Lags and leads in life satisfaction: A test of the baseline hypothesis," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00754279, Jun, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02150.x.
• Andrew E. Clark & Paul Frijters & Michael A. Shields, 2008, "Relative income, happiness, and utility: An explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00754299, Mar, DOI: 10.1257/jel.46.1.95.
• Andrew E. Clark & Ed Diener & Yannis Georgellis & Richard E. Lucas, 2008, "Lags and leads in life satisfaction: A test of the baseline hypothesis," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL, number halshs-00754279, Jun, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02150.x.
• Andrew E. Clark & Paul Frijters & Michael A. Shields, 2008, "Relative income, happiness, and utility: An explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL, number halshs-00754299, Mar, DOI: 10.1257/jel.46.1.95.
• Andrew E. Clark & Andreas Knabe & Steffen Rätzel, 2008, "Boon or Bane? Others' unemployment, well-being and job insecurity," PSE Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00586022, Dec.
• Andrew E. Clark, 2008, "Happiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life," PSE Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00586049, Nov.
• Patrick Meyer & Grégory Ponthière, 2008, "Eliciting preferences on multiattribute societies with a Choquet integral," PSE Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00586244, Sep.
• Andrew E. Clark & Andreas Knabe & Steffen Rätzel, 2008, "Unemployment as a social norm in Germany," PSE Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00586249, Sep.
• Claudia Senik, 2008, "Direct evidence on income comparisons and their welfare effects," PSE Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00588023, Sep.
• Andrew E. Clark & Andreas Knabe & Steffen Rätzel, 2008, "Boon or Bane? Others' unemployment, well-being and job insecurity," Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00586022, Dec.
• Andrew E. Clark, 2008, "Happiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life," Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00586049, Nov.
• Patrick Meyer & Grégory Ponthière, 2008, "Eliciting preferences on multiattribute societies with a Choquet integral," Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00586244, Sep.
• Andrew E. Clark & Andreas Knabe & Steffen Rätzel, 2008, "Unemployment as a social norm in Germany," Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-00586249, Sep.
• Fischer, Justina AV, 2008, "Competition and well-being: does market competition make people unhappy?," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, number 697, Mar.
• Bjørnskov, Christian & Dreher, Axel & Fischer, Justina AV, 2008, "Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, number 699, Apr.
• Chatterjee, Srikanta & Dalziel, Paul & Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov & Podder, Nripesh, 2008, "Income Inequality and Transformation of the Welfare State: A Comparative Study of the Reforms in New Zealand and Sweden," HUI Working Papers, HUI Research, number 20, Oct.
• Lora, Eduardo & Chaparro, Juan Camilo, 2008, "The Conflictive Relationship between Satisfaction and Income," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 1633, Nov.
• Ibarrarán, Pablo & Sarzosa, Miguel & Soares, Yuri, 2008, "The Welfare Impacts of Local Investment Projects: Evidence from the Guatemala FIS," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 3020, Mar.
• Pablo Ibarraran & Miguel Sarzosa & Yuri Suarez Dillon Soares, 2008, "The Welfare Impacts of Local Investment Projects: Evidence from the Guatemala FIS," OVE Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), number 0208, Feb.
• Pavel Luengas & Inder J. Ruprah, 2008, "Fear of Crime: Does Trust and Community Participation Matter?," OVE Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE), number 0808, Jul.
• Eduardo Lora & Juan Camilo Chaparro, 2008, "The Conflictive Relationship between Satisfaction and Income," Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, number 4599, Nov.
• Eduardo Lora & Juan Camilo Chaparro, 2008, "La conflictiva relación entre la satisfacción y el ingreso," Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, number 4600, Nov.
• Maria da Conceição Cerdeira & Ilona Kovács, 2008, "Job quality in Europe: the North-South divide," Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, volume 4, issue 4, pages 21-47, November.
• Jyotirmayee Kar, 2008, "Improving Economic Position of Women through Microfinance: Case of a Backward Area, Mayurbhanj-Orissa, India," Indus Journal of Management & Social Science (IJMSS), Department of Business Administration, volume 2, issue 1, pages 15-28, June.
• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan & Srijit Mishra & B. Sudhakara Reddy, 2008, "An Alternative approach to measure HDI," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, number 2008-001, Jan.
• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, 2008, "Gender-based indicators in human development: Correcting for missing women," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, number 2008-018, Sep.
• Srijit Mishra & Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, 2008, "On a Class of human development index measures," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, number 2008-020, Oct.
• Valentina VASILE & Valeriu IOAN-FRANC, 2008, "Employment And Welfare," Romanian Journal of Economics, Institute of National Economy, volume 27, issue 2(36), pages 19-39, December.
• Anna Fräßdorf & Markus M. Grabka & Johannes Schwarze, 2008, "The impact of household capital income on income inequality: A factor decomposition analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA," Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, number 89.
• Hatton, Timothy J. & Martin, Richard M., 2008, "The Effects on Stature of Poverty, Family Size and Birth Order: British Children in the 1930s," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3314, Jan.
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