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

• 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, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3314, Jan.
• Cherchye, Laurens & De Rock, Bram & Vermeulen, Frederic, 2008, "Economic Well-Being and Poverty among the Elderly: An Analysis Based on a Collective Consumption Model," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3349, Feb.
• Luechinger, Simon & Meier, Stephan & Stutzer, Alois, 2008, "Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3385, Mar.
• Easterlin, Richard A., 2008, "Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3409, Mar.
• Song, Lina & Appleton, Simon, 2008, "Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3443, Apr.
• Fräßdorf, Anna & Grabka, Markus M. & Schwarze, Johannes, 2008, "The Impact of Household Capital Income on Income Inequality: A Factor Decomposition Analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3492, May.
• Sierminska, Eva & Frick, Joachim R. & Grabka, Markus M., 2008, "Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3573, Jun.
• Schwarze, Johannes, 2008, "Subjective Measures of Economic Well-Being and the Influence of Income Uncertainty," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3720, Sep.
• Akay, Alpaslan & Martinsson, Peter, 2008, "Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3812, Nov.
• Blunch, Niels-Hugo, 2008, "Multidimensional Human Capital, Wages and Endogenous Employment Status in Ghana," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3906, Dec.
• A.Shanthi & M. Dhanabhakyam, 2008, "Microfinance Intervention In Poverty Alleviation And Development," Journal of Global Economy, Research Centre for Social Sciences,Mumbai, India, volume 4, issue 1, pages 41-50, March.
• Anand Lodade, 2008, "Though They Are Poor : Possess Substantial Potentiality Of Development," Journal of Global Economy, Research Centre for Social Sciences,Mumbai, India, volume 4, issue 1, pages 51-60, March.
• A.K.Tiwari & A.K.Shukla, 2008, "Inequality In The Society: A Comparative Study Of Uttar Pradesh And Kerla," Journal of Global Economy, Research Centre for Social Sciences,Mumbai, India, volume 4, issue 1, pages 61-66, March.
• Pratibha B.Desai & S.N.Salawade, 2008, "“Rural Indebtedness”: ‘With Special reference to Sugarcane Growers’," Journal of Global Economy, Research Centre for Social Sciences,Mumbai, India, volume 4, issue 1, pages 67-75, March.
• S Gurunathan, 2008, "Rural Poverty - Irrigation Nexus in Tamil Nadu," Journal of Global Economy, Research Centre for Social Sciences,Mumbai, India, volume 4, issue 1, pages 76-82, March.
• Christian Cordes, 2008, "A potential limit on competition," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, volume 10, issue 2, pages 127-144, August, DOI: 10.1007/s10818-008-9036-7.
• Laurens Cherchye & Erwin Ooghe & Tom Puyenbroeck, 2008, "Robust human development rankings," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, volume 6, issue 4, pages 287-321, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10888-007-9058-8.
• Christian Bjørnskov & Axel Dreher & Justina A.V. Fischer, 2008, "Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence," KOF Working papers, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, number 08-192, Apr, DOI: 10.3929/ethz-a-005626337.
• Mihályi, Péter, 2008, "Gazdaságunk mai ellentmondásainak eredete
  [The origin of the present inconsistencies in the Hungarian economy]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), volume 0, issue 3, pages 193-217.
• David Stephens, 2008, "Comparative and Cultural Perspectives on Educational Reform," KASBIT Business Journals (KBJ), Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Institute of Technology (KASBIT), volume 1, pages 1-27, December.
• Udo Ebert, 2008, "Equity-regarding poverty measures: Differences in needs and the role of equivalence scales," LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg, number 508, Nov.
• Komlos, John & Breitfelder, Ariane & Sunder, Marco, 2008, "The transition to Post-industrial BMI values among US children," Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics, number 4304, Jun.
• Caroline Orset, 2008, "A Theory of Child Protection against Kidnapping," Cahiers de recherche, CIRPEE, number 0816.
• Abdelkrim Araar, 2008, "Social Classes, Inequality and Redistributive Policies in Canada," Cahiers de recherche, CIRPEE, number 0817.
• Katie Fitzpatrick & Jeffrey P. Thompson, 2008, "The Interaction of Metropolitan Area Costs and the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit: One Size Fits All?," Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, number 110, Sep.
• Luca Stanca, 2008, "The Geography of Economics and Happiness," Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, number 140, Jun, revised Jun 2008.
• Luca Stanca, 2008, "With or Without You? Measuring the Quality of Relational Life Throughout the World," Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, number 144, Jul, revised Jul 2008.
• Ambra POGGI & Massimo FLORIO, 2008, "Utilities deprivation dynamics and energy sector reforms in seven European countries," Departmental Working Papers, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano, number 2008-020, Jun.
• Ambra POGGI & Massimo FLORIO, 2008, "Utilities deprivation dynamics and energy sector reforms in seven European countries," Departmental Working Papers, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano, number 2008-20, Jun.
• Tindara Addabbo & Diego Lanzi & Antonella Picchio, 2008, "Gender Auditing in a Capability Approach," Center for the Analysis of Public Policies (CAPP), Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", number 0040, Mar.
• Tindara Addabbo & Francesca Corrado & Giovanna Badalassi & Antonella Picchio, 2008, "Well-Being Gender Budgets: Italian Local Governments Cases," Center for the Analysis of Public Policies (CAPP), Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", number 0041, Mar.
• Yaya Koloma, 2008, "Contribution à l'analyse de la pauvreté non-monétaire micro-multidimensionnelle au Mali," Documents de travail, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, number 142, Feb.
• Abdoune Benallaoua, 2008, "Les déterminants du bien-être des ménages en Basse Kabylie : une analyse de régression," Documents de travail, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, number 145, Jun.
• Jonathan Heathcote & Kjetil Storesletten & Giovanni L. Violante, 2008, "The Macroeconomic Implications of Rising Wage Inequality in the United States," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14052, Jun.
• Anupam Jena & Casey Mulligan & Tomas J. Philipson & Eric Sun, 2008, "The Value of Life in General Equilibrium," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14157, Jul.
• David G. Blanchflower & Andrew J. Oswald & Bert Van Landeghem, 2008, "Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14337, Sep.
• Rafael Di Tella & Robert MacCulloch, 2008, "Happiness Adaptation to Income beyond "Basic Needs"," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14539, Dec.
• John F. Helliwell & Haifang Huang, 2008, "Well-being and Trust in the Workplace," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14589, Dec.
• M. Barlet & D. Blanchet & T. Le Barbanchon, 2008, "Microsimulating the labour market: a prototype," Documents de Travail de l'Insee - INSEE Working Papers, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, number g2008-12.
• Christopher J. Gerry & Eugene Nivorozhkin & John A. Rigg, 2008, "The great divide: 'ruralisation' of poverty in Russia," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, volume 32, issue 4, pages 593-607, July.
• Alois Stutzer, 2008, "Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, volume 24, issue 2, pages 476-488, October.
• Michael Grimm & Kenneth Harttgen, 2008, "Longer life, higher welfare?," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, volume 60, issue 2, pages 193-211, April.
• John Creedy, 2008, "A note on discounting and the social time preference rate," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, volume 11, issue 3, pages 249-255.
• Xavier Ramos, 2008, "Using Efficiency Analysis to Measure Individual Well-being with an Illustration for Catalonia," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 9, in: Nanak Kakwani & Jacques Silber, "Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement", DOI: 10.1057/9780230582354_9.
• Muhammad Ali & Syed Arifullah & Manzoor Hussain Memon, 2008, "Edible Oil Deficit and Its Impact on Food Expenditure in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, volume 47, issue 4, pages 531-546.
• Rashida Haq & Uzma Zia, 2008, "Dimensions of Well-being and the Millennium Development Goals," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, volume 47, issue 4, pages 851-876.
• Rizwana Siddiqui, 2008, "Income, Public Social Services, and Capability Development: A Cross-district Analysis of Pakistan," PIDE-Working Papers, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, number 2008:43.
• Mishra, SK & Nayak, Purusottam, 2008, "Facets and factors of human development in Tripura," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 10240, Jul.
• Herrmann, Peter & van der Maesen, Laurent J.G., 2008, "Social Quality and Precarity: Approaching New Patterns of Societal (Dis)Integration," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 10245, Jan.
• yamamura, eiji, 2008, "The influence of government size on economic growth and life satisfaction. A case study from Japan," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 10835, Sep.
• Zaman, Md Monowaruz, 2008, "Welfare dynamics based on a new concept of inefficient equilibrium," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 11303, Aug.
• Herani, Gobind M & Rajar, Allah Wasayo & Wasim, Mohammad Pervez & Shaikh, Riaz Ahmed, 2008, "The Nature of Poverty and Its Prospects: Pakistan Evidence," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 11654, Sep.
• Selim, Tarek, 2008, "The Education Market in Egypt: A Game Theory Approach," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 119505, Aug.
• Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi N. & Agwu, Nnanna M. & Ezeh, Chima I. & Mbanasor, Jude A. & Onyenweaku, Chris O. & Kamalu, Chinedu E., 2008, "Evaluation of Second National Fadama Development Project in Nigeria: A Rapid Policy Appraisal," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 12914, Nov.
• Gluschenko, Konstantin, 2008, "Is the cost of living in Russia really that low?," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 13315, Dec.
• Antoci, Angelo & Sacco, Pier Luigi & Vanin, Paolo, 2008, "Participation, growth and social poverty: social capital in a homogeneous society," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 13661.
• Baldacchino, Godfrey & Funk, Matt, 2008, "A Search for a Measure of the Quality of Life on Prince Edward Island: An Inter-Provincial ‘Cost of Living’ Inquiry," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 14469, Mar, revised 31 Jul 2008.
• Kassim, Salina & Rahman, Md Mahfuzur, 2008, "Handling Default Risks in Microfinance: The Case of Bangladesh," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 16123, Sep.
• Fischer, Justina AV, 2008, "The Welfare Effects of Social Mobility," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 16339, Dec, revised Jun 2009.
• Bjornskov, Christian & Fischer, Justina AV & Dreher, Axel, 2008, "Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 17159, revised Jul 2009.
• Ayub, Mehar, 2008, "How monetary policy affects poverty: nexus and consequences," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 18657, Mar, revised 07 Dec 2008.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Prospects of American Scholarship to Pakistani School Students," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 18763, Feb.
• Bjornskov, Christian & Dreher, Axel & Fischer, Justina AV, 2008, "Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 20488, revised 06 Feb 2010.
• Ahmad Bello, Dogarawa, 2008, "Islamic Social Welfare and the Role of Zakah in the Family System," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 23192.
• Barrington-Leigh, Christopher P, 2008, "Weather as a transient influence on survey-reported satisfaction with life," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 25736.
• Brazier, JE & Yang, Y & Tsuchiya, A, 2008, "A review of studies mapping (or cross walking) from non-preference based measures of health to generic preference-based measures," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 29808.
• Young, Tracey A. & Yang, Y & Brazier, J & Tsuchiya, A & Coyne, K, 2008, "Making Rasch decisions: the use of Rasch analysis in the construction of preference based health related quality of life instruments," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 29828.
• Rowen, D & Brazier, J & Roberts, J, 2008, "Mapping SF-36 onto the EQ-5D index: how reliable is the relationship?," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 29831.
• McTaggart-Cowan, H & Brazier, J & Tsuchiya, A, 2008, "Combining Rasch and cluster analysis: a novel method for developing rheumatoid arthritis states for use in valuation studies," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 29834.
• Cid, Alejandro & Ferrés, Daniel & Rossi, Máximo, 2008, "Subjective Well-Being in the Southen Cone: Health, Income and Family," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 39909.
• Hoque, Serajul, 2008, "Does Micro-credit Program in Bangladesh Increase Household’s Ability to Deal with Economic Hardships?," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 6678, Jan.
• Bokosi, Fanwell Kenala, 2008, "SELLING OUR WAY INTO POVERTY: The Commercialisation of Poverty in Malawi," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 7087, Jan.
• Lelkes, Orsolya, 2008, "Happiness over the life cycle: exploring age-specific preferences," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 7302, Feb.
• Binder, Martin & Broekel, Tom, 2008, "Conversion Efficiency as a Complementing Measure of Welfare in Capability Space," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 7583, Mar.
• Stukach, Victor & Yakubenko, Marina, 2008, "Приусадебное Хозяйство Сельских Жителей: Производство Продовольствия, Обслуживающая Инфраструктура, Мониторинг, Кооперация, Государственное Регулирование
  [Household plots of rural residents: food p," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 77918, Oct, revised Jan 2017.
• Herani, Gobind M., 2008, "Livlihood Diversification and Opinion Polls’ Analysis: Evidence From Tharparkar-Sindh (Pakistan)," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 8050, Apr.
• Song, Lina & Appleton, Simon, 2008, "Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 8347, Apr.
• Yao, Ye, 2008, "Dalai Lama et Laurens van den Muyzenberg, Ce que le bouddhisme peutapporter aux managers
  [Dalai Lama and Laurens Muyzenberg. What Bhudhism Can teach managers?]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 86953, revised Mar 2009.
• Ponce, Aldo, 2008, "Emergence, Organizational Transformations, And Decline Of The Piquetero Movement: A Comparative Institutional Explanation," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 8748, Mar.
• Nasution, Zamal, 2008, "Farm Development and Rural Poverty Comparison among Villages in Kulon Progo Regency of Yogyakarta Special Province of Indonesia," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 9963, Jun.
• Marie Vavrejnová & Herta M. Rack, 2008, "Financing the health care in the czech republic: some comparisons with austria," Prague Economic Papers, Prague University of Economics and Business, volume 2008, issue 1, pages 54-73, DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.319.
• Jean-Pierre Lachaud, 2008, "Le travail des enfants et la pauvreté en Afrique : un réexamen appliqué au Burkina Faso," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, volume 186, issue 5, pages 47-65, DOI: 10.3406/ecop.2008.7852.
• Paul Frijters & Tony Beatton, 2008, "The mystery of the U-shaped relationship between happiness and age," NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research, number 26, Aug.
• Paul Frijters & Aydogan Ulker, 2008, "Robustness in Health Research: Do differences in health measures, techniques, and time frame matter?," NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research, number 28, Aug.
• Marina Della Giusta & Uma Kambhampati, 2008, "Are We Getting It Right? Values and Life Satisfaction," Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading, number em-dp2008-73, Dec.
• Bluffstone, Randall & Yesuf, Mahmud & Bushie, Bilisuma & Damite, Demessie, 2008, "Rural Livelihoods, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Ethiopian Survey Data," RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future, number dp-08-07-efd, Jun.
• Akay, Alpaslan & Martinsson, Peter, 2008, "Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia," RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future, number dp-08-31-efd, Oct.
• Cohen, Mark A. & Vandenbergh, Michael P., 2008, "Consumption, Happiness, and Climate Change," RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future, number dp-08-39, Oct.
• Robert J. Barro, 2008, "Inequality and Growth Revisited," Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank, number 11, Jan.
• Leonardo Becchetti & Stefano Castriota, 2008, "Does money affect happiness and self-esteem? The poor borrowers' perspective in a quasi-natural experiment," AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit, number 48-2008, Feb.
• Diego Lanzi, 2008, "Poverta' e Natura Umana," AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit, number 50-2008, Jun.
• Marco Malgarini & Maurizio Pugno & Gennaro Zezza, 2008, "Life Satisfaction in Italy: Evidence from the ISAE Consumer Survey," Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, volume 98, issue 5, pages 325-358, September.
• Fretel, Anne, 2008, "L’association comme réponse à la question sociale du XIXe au XXe siècle :," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, volume 2.
• Pamela Lenton & Paul Mosley, 2008, "Debt and Health," Working Papers, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, number 2008004, Apr, revised Apr 2008.
• Bruno Gagnon & Roland Leduc & Luc Savard, 2008, "Sustainable development in engineering: a review of principles and definition of a conceptual framework," Cahiers de recherche, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke, number 08-18.
• Viola Angelini, Danilo Cavapozzi, Luca Corazzini, Omar Paccagnella., 2008, "Do Danes and Italians Rate Life Satisfaction in the Same Way? Using Vignettes to Correct for Individual-Specific Scale Biases," ISLA Working Papers, ISLA, Centre for research on Latin American Studies and Transition Economies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy, number 31, Sep.
• Sule Akkoyunlu & Ilja Neustadt & Peter Zweifel, 2008, "Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? The Janus face of Switzerland," SOI - Working Papers, Socioeconomic Institute - University of Zurich, number 0810, Sep.
• Andrew J. Oswald & Rainer Winkelmann, 2008, "Delay and Deservingness after Winning the Lottery," SOI - Working Papers, Socioeconomic Institute - University of Zurich, number 0815, Dec.
• Stefan Boes & Kevin E. Staub & Rainer Winkelmann, 2008, "Relative status and satisfaction," SOI - Working Papers, Socioeconomic Institute - University of Zurich, number 0816, Dec.
• Georgios Kavetsos & Stefan Szymanski, 2008, "National Wellbeing and International Sports Events," Working Papers, International Association of Sports Economists;North American Association of Sports Economists, number 0804, Aug.
• Joseph Eisenhauer, 2008, "An Economic Definition of the Middle Class," Forum for Social Economics, Springer;The Association for Social Economics, volume 37, issue 2, pages 103-113, August, DOI: 10.1007/s12143-007-9009-y.

2007

• Bruce D. Meyer & James X. Sullivan, 2007, "Further Results on Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor Using Income and Consumption," Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, number 0719, Aug.
• Bjørnskov, Christian & Dreher, Axel & Fischer, Justina AV, 2007, "On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, number 657, Apr.
• Markussen , Simen, 2007, "Trade-offs between health and absenteeism in welfare states: striking the balance," Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics, number 19/2007, Sep.
• Nilsson, William, 2007, "Earnings Mobility and Origin Dependence: What can twins say together with nonparametric econometrics?," Umeå Economic Studies, Umeå University, Department of Economics, number 716, Sep.
• Yoshihara, Naoki & 吉原, 直毅 & ヨシハラ, ナオキ, 2007, "On Non-welfarist Social Ordering Functions," Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, number a497, Sep.
• Bruckmeier, Kerstin & Schnitzlein, Daniel, 2007, "Was wurde aus den Arbeitslosenhilfeempfängern? : eine empirische Analyse des Übergangs und Verbleibs von Arbeitslosenhilfeempfängern nach der Hartz-IV-Reform," IAB-Discussion Paper, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], number 200724.
• Milenka Ocampo & Carlos Alberto Foronda Rojas, 2007, "Estudio de la calidad de vida en Bolivia: Metodología y medición," Investigación & Desarrollo, Universidad Privada Boliviana, volume 1, issue 7, pages 24-38.
• Wang-Sheng Lee & Umut Oguzoglu, 2007, "Are Youths on Income Support Less Happy? Evidence from Australia," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne, number wp2007n03, Feb.
• Wang-Sheng Lee & Umut Oguzoglu, 2007, "Well-Being and Ill-Being: A Bivariate Panel Data Analysis," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne, number wp2007n28, Oct.
• Nicolas Gravel & Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, 2007, "Is India Better off Today than 15 Years ago? A Robust Multidimensional Answer," IDEP Working Papers, Institut d'economie publique (IDEP), Marseille, France, number 0704, May, revised 18 May 2007.
• Aslıhan BOZCUK, 2007, "Mutluluk ve bireylerin finansal durumu üzerine bir pilot çalışma," Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, Bilgesel Yayincilik, volume 22, issue 257, pages 63-73.
• Srijit Mishra, 2007, "Agrarian scenario in post-reform India: A Story of distress, despair and death," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, number 2007-001, Jan.
• Conchita D’Ambrosio & Joachim R. Frick, 2007, "Individual Well-Being in a Dynamic Perspective," Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, number 64.
• Michael McBride, 2007, "Money, Happiness, and Aspirations: An Experimental Study," Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics, number 060721, Mar, revised Jul 2008.
• van Praag, Bernard M. S., 2007, "Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2568, Jan.
• D'Ambrosio, Conchita & Frick, Joachim R., 2007, "Individual Well-Being in a Dynamic Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2618, Feb.
• Labeaga, José M. & Molina, José Alberto & Navarro Paniagua, Maria, 2007, "Income Satisfaction and Deprivation in Spain," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2702, Mar.
• Lee, Wang-Sheng & Oguzoglu, Umut, 2007, "Are Youths on Income Support Less Happy? Evidence from Australia," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2709, Mar.
• Oswald, Andrew J. & Powdthavee, Nattavudh, 2007, "Obesity, Unhappiness, and The Challenge of Affluence: Theory and Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2717, Mar.
• Krueger, Alan B. & Schkade, David A., 2007, "The Reliability of Subjective Well-Being Measures," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2724, Apr.
• Soares, Rodrigo R., 2007, "Health and the Evolution of Welfare across Brazilian Municipalities," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2771, May.
• Francesconi, Marco, 2007, "Adult Outcomes for Children of Teenage Mothers," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2778, May.
• Clark, Andrew E. & Frijters, Paul & Shields, Michael A., 2007, "Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2840, Jun.
• Pal, Sarmistha, 2007, "Effects of Intergenerational Transfers on Elderly Coresidence with Adult Children: Evidence from Rural India," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2847, Jun.
• Stutzer, Alois, 2007, "Limited Self-Control, Obesity and the Loss of Happiness," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 2925, Jul.
• Booth, Alison L. & van Ours, Jan C., 2007, "Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzle," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3020, Aug.
• Lee, Wang-Sheng & Oguzoglu, Umut, 2007, "Well-Being and Ill-Being: A Bivariate Panel Data Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3108, Oct.
• de New, John & Sinning, Mathias, 2007, "Social Deprivation and Exclusion of Immigrants in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3153, Nov.
• Oswald, Andrew J. & Powdthavee, Nattavudh, 2007, "Death, Happiness, and the Calculation of Compensatory Damages," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3159, Nov.
• Senik, Claudia, 2007, "Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and their Welfare Effects," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3195, Nov.
• Gary A. Hoover & Geoffrey Wallace, 2007, "Examining the Relationship Between the Poverty Rate and Economic Conditions in the Southern United States," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., volume 16, issue 1, pages 133-144, March.
• Bradford F. Mills, 2007, "Single Parent Families and the Shifting Distribution of US Family Well-Being," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., volume 16, issue 1, pages 89-114, March.
• Udo Ebert, 2007, "Ethical inequality measures and the redistribution of income when needs differ," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, volume 5, issue 3, pages 263-278, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10888-006-9052-6.
• Robert Breunig & Deborah Cobb-Clark & Xiaodong Gong & Danielle Venn, 2007, "Disagreement in Australian partners’ reports of financial difficulty," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, volume 5, issue 1, pages 59-82, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11150-007-9005-2.
• Christian Bjørnskov & Axel Dreher & Justina A.V. Fischer, 2007, "On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?," KOF Working papers, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, number 07-161, Apr, DOI: 10.3929/ethz-a-005390235.
• Molnár, György & Kapitány, Zsuzsa, 2007, "Bizonytalanság és a jövedelmek újraelosztása iránti igény Magyarországon
  [Uncertainty and the demand for redistribution in Hungary]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), volume 0, issue 3, pages 201-232.
• Jens Bonke & Frederik Gerstoft, 2007, "Stress, time use and gender," electronic International Journal of Time Use Research, Research Institute on Professions (Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe (FFB)) and The International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR), volume 4, issue 1, pages 47-68, September.
• Muhammad Shahbaz Akmal & Qazi Masood Ahmad & Mohsin Hussain Ahmad & Muhammad Sabihuddin Butt, 2007, "An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Trade Liberalization and Poverty Reduction: A Case for Pakistan," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, volume 12, issue 1, pages 99-118, Jan-Jun.
• Borel Anicet Foko Tagne & Francis Ndém & Rosine Tchakoté, 2007, "Pauvreté et inégalités des conditions de vie au Cameroun: une approche micro multidimensionnelle," Working Papers PMMA, PEP-PMMA, number 2007-02.
• Luc Nembot Ndeffo & Ngangue Ngwen & Pierre Joubert Nguetse Tegoum & Cyrille Bergaly Kamdem & Marianne Makoudem, 2007, "Impact des échelles d'équivalence sur la répartition spatiale de la pauvreté au Cameroun: une approche dynamique," Working Papers PMMA, PEP-PMMA, number 2007-04.
• Frikkie Booysen & Ronelle Burger & Gideon Du Rand & Michael von Maltitz & Servaas Van der Berg, 2007, "Trends in Poverty and Inequality in Seven African Countries," Working Papers PMMA, PEP-PMMA, number 2007-06.
• Boèvi Kouglo Lawson Body & Kokou Baninganti & Etsri Homevoh & Etse Adjo Lamadokou, 2007, "Analyse comparative de l'état de pauvreté et d'inégalité au Togo: une approche multidimensionnelle basée sur l'indice de richesse/Comparative Analysis of Poverty and Inequality in Togo: a Multidimensi," Working Papers PMMA, PEP-PMMA, number 2007-10.
• Oumar Diop Diagne & Ousmane Faye & Salimata Faye, 2007, "Le noyau dur de la pauvreté au Sénégal," Working Papers PMMA, PEP-PMMA, number 2007-17.
• Sule Alan & Kadir Atalay & Thomas F. Crossley, 2007, "The Adequacy of Retirement Savings: Subjective Survey Reports by Retired Canadians," Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University, number 418, May.
• Sule Alan & Kadir Atalay & Thomas F. Crossley, 2007, "The Adequacy of Retirement Savings: Subjective Survey Reports by Retired Canadians," Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University, number 199, May.
• Alison L. Booth & Jan C. van Ours, 2007, "Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzle," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne, number 1000.
• Jean-Pierre Lachaud, 2007, "Scolarisation et travail des enfants : Un modèle économétrique à régimes endogènes appliqué à Madagascar - 2001-2005," Documents de travail, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, number 134, Feb.
• Faly Hery Rakotomanana, 2007, "Les travailleurs du secteur informel sont-ils les plus heureux ?Le cas de l'agglomération d'Antananarivo," Documents de travail, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, number 139, Oct.
• Jean-Pierre Lachaud, 2007, "Les déterminants de l'inactivité économique et de la non-scolarisation des enfants aux Comores et à Madagascar. Existe-t-il une courbe de Kuznets ?," Documents de travail, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, number 140, Dec.
• Arnousse Beaulière, 2007, "Pauvreté non monétaire et fécondité en Haïti," Documents de travail, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, number 141, Dec.
• Rebecca Valenzuela & Hooi Hooi Lean, 2007, "Stochastic Dominance Analysis Of Australian Income Distributions," Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics, number 21-07.
• Neeraj Kaushal, 2007, "Do Food Stamps Cause Obesity? Evidence from Immigrant Experience," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 12849, Jan.