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Muffels, Ruud; Headey, Bruce – Social Indicators Research, 2013
In Sen's Capability Approach (CA) well-being can be defined as the freedom of choice to achieve the things in life which one has reason to value most for his or her personal life. Capabilities are in Sen's vocabulary therefore the real freedoms people have or the opportunities available to them. In this paper we examine the impact of capabilities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Altruism, Human Capital
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Haar, Jarrod M.; Brougham, Dave M. – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Despite career satisfaction models being well established, little is understood about the career satisfaction of indigenous employees. Using a sample of 172 Maori employees, the indigenous people of New Zealand, we tested a career satisfaction model with a cultural wellbeing factor over and above established factors of human capital,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Human Capital, Models
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Neira, Isabel; Vazquez, Emilia; Portela, Marta – Social Indicators Research, 2009
It is of paramount concern for economists to uncover the factors that determine economic growth and social development. In recent years a new field of investigation has come to the fore in which social capital is analysed in order to determine its effect on economic growth. Along these lines the work presented here examines the relationships that…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Developed Nations
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Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel; Sabates, Ricardo; Castaldo, Adriana – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Are migrants able to use the migration experience to their benefit, that is to improve their livelihoods, and is this result nuanced by whether migrants are poor or non-poor? This paper explores these questions quantitatively using data on migrants and non-migrants from Ghana and Egypt. It describes the main challenges in the empirical literature…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries