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Regional income inequality and happiness: Evidence from Japan [PDF]

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We investigated how regional income inequality is associated with the individual assessment of happiness based on micro data from nationwide surveys in Japan.
Kobayashi, Miki, Oshio, Takashi
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Urban income inequality in China revisited (1988–2002) [PDF]

open access: yes
Using newly available spatial price deflators, this paper shows that inequality evaluations in the literatureoverstate the magnitude of inequality and inequality changes in China, as well as the role played by regional differences in the recent ...
Martin Fournier, Shi Li, Sylvie Demurger
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Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is there an augmented Kuznets curve among the provinces of the Philippines? A panel data analysis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Asian Business and Economic Studies
PurposeThis study explores the relationship between regional economic development and income inequality in the Philippines using a provincial panel dataset.Design/methodology/approachThis study performs static, spatial and dynamic panel data analyses to ...
Sachiko Miyata, Takahiro Akita
doaj   +1 more source

Regional income inequality in China and Indonesia: A comparative analysis [PDF]

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This study examines the extent and trends of regional income inequality in China and Indonesia, and performs a comparative analysis between these two countries in terms of factors determining regional income inequality. There are a number of studies that
Akita, Takahiro, Kawamura, Kazumi
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Oil and gas: a blessing for few hydrocarbons and within-region inequality in Russia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Building on earlier work on regional inequality in Russia (Fedorov 2002; Gaddy and Ickes 2005; Bradshaw 2006 and others) we investigate a novel line of research, i.e.
Buccellato, T., Mickiewicz, T.
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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring multidimensional inequality and well-being: methods and an empirical application to Italian

open access: yesStatistica, 2013
In this paper, focusing on the normative approach, we review and discuss the main multidimensional inequality measures and inequality-adjusted multidimensional well-being indicators.
David Aristei, Bruno Bracalente
doaj   +1 more source

Happiness, self-rated health, and income inequality: Evidence from nationwide surveys in Japan [PDF]

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We examine how regional inequality affects happiness and self-rated health at an individual level by using micro data from nationwide surveys in Japan.
Kobayashi, Miki, Oshio, Takashi
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