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When designing choice experiments for nonmarket valuation the role of the price attribute is of major importance. In the energy sector the uncertainty of future direction of changes in prices makes it…
1 August 2014 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenEconomic growth in industrialized countries over the past few decades did not result in improved subjective well-being (SWB) of citizens. This finding, known as the “Easterlin Paradox,” is mainly a…
24 April 2014 | Research Brief | EthiopiaPrevious studies of poverty in developing countries have to a great extent focused on the characteristics of the household head and used these as proxies for the underlying ability of the household to…
9 March 2014 | EfD Discussion Paper | Ethiopia, Global HubUnlike most studies of subjective well-being in developing countries, we use a fixed effects regression on three rounds of rich panel data to investigate the impact of relative standing on life…
9 March 2014 | EfD Discussion Paper | Ethiopia, Global HubIn the contingent valuation method, both the goods being valued and the payment vehicles used to value them are mostly hypothetical. However, although numerous studies have examined the impact of…
5 March 2014 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThis paper examines whether intergenerational transmission of happiness exists in China between preadolescents and their parents, and what factors are correlated with subjective well-being among them…
28 February 2014 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaUsing data spanning 15 years, we study subjective and consumption poverty in urban Ethiopia. Despite rapid economic growth and declining consumption poverty, subjective poverty remains largely…
2 December 2013 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Ethiopia, Global HubIn this paper we tested if social networks at the origin, measured by religious affiliation, can affect the out-migration decision. For this purpose, we estimated a conditional logit model and a mixed…
27 February 2013 | Peer Reviewed | ChileUnderstanding the motivations behind people’s voluntary contributions to public goods is crucial for the broader issues of economic and social development. By using the experimental design of…
1 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | VietnamThis paper reviews and in part extends an emerging literature that integrates development and environmental thinking. It focuses on a small part of the literature: economic evaluation, and goes on to…
18 December 2013 | Other Publications | Sweden