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Changes in Subjective Well-Being in Timor-Leste on the Path to Independence

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dc.contributor.authorRichter, Kaspar
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:30:13Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:30:13Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIn countries emerging from ethnic and civil conflict, standard approaches to measuring trends in well-being do not account for the empowerment of the population due to the political liberalization, which is critical for the successful implementation of zero-generation reforms. They also fail to do justice to the often massive population displacement unleashed by the violence which makes a comparison of living standards from before to after the conflict problematic. Using the example of Timor-Leste, this paper demonstrates how subjective, objective, and recall information collected through a cross-sectional household survey can be combined to provide a rich profile of trends in well-being from the pre- to post-conflict stage. By differencing across pre- and post-conflict periods, the regression estimates are robust with regard to psychological attributes or other time-invariant personal traits. The analysis shows that the changes in self-rated welfare and power in Timor-Leste broadly corresponded to changes recorded by objective indicators of economic resources, economic shocks, and ethno-linguistic status.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Development
dc.identifier.issn0305750X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4886
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectModels of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720
dc.subjectGeneral Welfare I310
dc.subjectDemographic Trends and Forecasts
dc.subjectGeneral Migration J110
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.subjectFormal and Informal Sectors
dc.subjectShadow Economy
dc.subjectInstitutional Arrangements O170
dc.subjectUrban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration
dc.subjectRegional Labor Markets
dc.subjectPopulation
dc.subjectNeighborhood Characteristics R230
dc.titleChanges in Subjective Well-Being in Timor-Leste on the Path to Independenceen
dc.title.alternativeWorld Developmenten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1477
okr.journal.nbpages371-384
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryTimor-Leste
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.03.007
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okr.volume37
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