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Life satisfaction and relative income: perceptions and evidence

Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of … subjects to report (a) how their income compares to various groups, such a co-workers, friends, and neighbours, and (b) how … important these income comparisons are to them. We find substantial gender differences, with income comparisons being much …

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Adaptation to poverty in long-run panel data

Clark, Andrew E.; D’Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...

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Reluctant altruism and peer pressure in charitable giving

Reyniers, Diane; Bhalla, Richa - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Subjects donate individually (control group) or in pairs (treatment group). Those in pairs reveal their donation decision to each other. Average donations in the treatment group are significantly higher than in the control group. Paired subjects have the opportunity to revise their donation...

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The economics of non-governmental organisations

Scott, Colin; Hopkins, R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

The purpose of this paper is to identify the organisational comparative advantage of NGOs, and to develop a model which explains the set of circumstances uder which they emerge and dominate other types of firms. It is argued that the potential superiority of NGOs derives from two features: (1)...

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From philanthropy to "altruism": incorporating unselfish behavior into economics, 1961-1975

Fontaine, Philippe - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

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The magnitude and correlates of inter-vivos transfers in the UK

Karagiannaki, Eleni - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

that financial transfers are negatively associated with age and the income of the recipient indicating that parental …

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Theory of values

Georgiadis, Andreas; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Economists have a well-developed theory of value but the theory of why people hold the values they do is rudimentary at best. In spite of the fact that it is common to argue that values are important, most work on values is normative and the positive theory of values is relatively under-...

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Membership has its priveleges : the effect of social capital and neighbourhood characteristics on the earnings of microfinance borrowers

Gomez, Rafael; Santor, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

This paper examines the determinants of self-employment success for microcredit borrowers. Theories of social capital and neighbourhood effects are integrated in an attempt to account for earnings differentials amongst a unique sample of microfinance borrowers. The paper posits that social...

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On the theory of ethnic conflict

Caselli, Francesco; Coleman II, Wilbur John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

ethnic groups, group sizes, income inequality, and expropriable resources. …

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One nation under a groove? Identity and multiculturalism in Britain

Georgiadis, Andreas; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

There is a lot of evidence that identity matters for behavior. There is a widespread belief that societies will function better if they manage to establish a common sense of identity among the population. And there are also contemporary fears that this common identity is threatened in several...

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