Isolation and Subjective Welfare : Evidence from South Asia

Using detailed geographical and household survey data from Nepal, this article investigates the relationship between isolation and subjective welfare. This is achieved by examining how distance to markets and proximity to large urban centers are as...

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Main Authors:	Fafchamps, Marcel, Shilpi, Forhad
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE AGED AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE AIR ARBITRAGE ASSETS AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BUFFER STOCK CD CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION GOODS CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION LEVELS CURRENT CONSUMPTION DECREASING FUNCTION DEMAND CURVE DEMAND FUNCTIONS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DURABLE GOODS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP EXTERNALITIES GINI COEFFICIENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HOME CARE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOMES INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITY IRON ISOLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURING POVERTY MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIXED USE MOBILITY NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP NEGATIVE SIGN NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 0 HYPOTHESIS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PERMANENT INCOME POLICE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR AREAS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITY POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POVERTY LINE PREFERENCE FUNCTIONS PRICE CONTROLS PRICE DIFFERENTIALS PSYCHOLOGISTS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY OF LIFE REDUCTION IN TRAVEL REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DUMMIES REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE EARNINGS ROAD ROADS RURAL ROADS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP SOCIAL RESEARCH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TOTAL CONSUMPTION TOTAL INCOME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VEHICLES WAGES WEALTH WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9036699/isolation-subjective-welfare-evidence-south-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6573

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9036699/isolation-subjective-welfare-evidence-south-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6573

Isolation and Subjective Welfare : Evidence from South Asia

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