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

• 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.
• Ho, Chau†Sa & Hite, Diane, 2008, "The benefit of environmental improvement in the southeastern United States: Evidence from a simultaneous model of cancer mortality, toxic chemical releases and house values," Papers in Regional Science, Elsevier, volume 87, issue 4, pages 589-605, DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00179.x.
• 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, Aug, DOI: 10.24148/wp2008-19.
• 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, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010899.
• 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, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011183.
• 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.
• 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, IZA Network @ LISER, 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, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3385, Mar.
• Easterlin, Richard A., 2008, "Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3409, Mar.
• Song, Lina & Appleton, Simon, 2008, "Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, 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, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3492, May.
• Sierminska, Eva & Frick, Joachim R. & Grabka, Markus M., 2008, "Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3573, Jun.
• Schwarze, Johannes, 2008, "Subjective Measures of Economic Well-Being and the Influence of Income Uncertainty," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3720, Sep.
• Akay, Alpaslan & Martinsson, Peter, 2008, "Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3812, Nov.
• Blunch, Niels-Hugo, 2008, "Multidimensional Human Capital, Wages and Endogenous Employment Status in Ghana," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, 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.
• Bert G.M. Van Landeghem, 2008, "Human Well-Being over the Life Cycle: Longitudinal Evidence from a 20-Year Panel," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 21308.
• Shiqing Jiang & Ming Lu & Hiroshi Sato, 2008, "Happiness in the dual society of urban China:Hukou identity, horizontal inequality and heterogeneous reference," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 22308.
• 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.
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• 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.
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• Andrew J. Oswald & Rainer Winkelmann, 2008, "Delay and Deservingness after Winning the Lottery," SOI - Working Papers, Socioeconomic Institute - University of Zurich, number 0815, Dec.
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• Sakiko Fukuda-Parr & Terra Lawson-Remer & Susan Randolph, 2008, "Measuring the Progressive Realization of Human Rights Obligations: An Index of Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment," Economic Rights Working Papers, University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute, number 8, Aug.
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