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Pablo Schiaffino

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Income, Sex, Pills and Relationships: An Empirical Study for Argentina

2016

We use 28 years of Argentina’s life satisfaction (LS) and happiness (HA) data to test the Easterlin Paradox and find out the actual determinants of happiness. Argentineans are happier now than in 1984, and the City of Buenos Aires leads in present rankings of happiness in Argentina. In the cross-section analysis, LS correlates with the satisfaction about the economic situation of households, but the satisfaction with family and time spent with loved ones have a higher explanatory power. When it comes to HA, high social class members do not always buy a ticket, but low class makes people sadder. Nontraditional variables – pills for mental stress and sex – were also studied.

Empirical researchPillmedia_common.quotation_subjectPolitical scienceWell-beingHappinessLife satisfactionGender studiesDemographic economicsEasterlin paradoxSocial classExplanatory powermedia_common
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Schelling-Voter Model: An Application to Language Competition

2013

In this work we analyze the language competition problem by using an interacting agent-based model which interpolates the classical Schelling and Voter models. Briefly, an agent may change its place of residence or his language when he is surrounded by more individuals of the other kind than the ones he can tolerate. We analyze this dynamic process in terms of the free space to move in, the pressure to change the language, and the propensity to change location. We identify the different regimes and the relationship with the language competition problem. Fil: Caridi, Délida Inés. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Cálculo; Argentina. Consejo N…

Process (engineering)Computer scienceMatemáticasGeneral MathematicsApplied MathematicsVoter Model//purl.org/becyt/ford/1.1 [https]Voter modelSegregationGeneral Physics and AstronomyStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsMatemática AplicadaFree spaceLanguage Competition//purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https]MicroeconomicsCompetition (economics)Work (electrical)Schelling ModelResidenceCIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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Argentina’s Economic Development and Life Satisfaction Revisited – 1984–2012

2014

At the end of 1983, Argentina returned to democracy. Between 1983 and 2012, Argentina brought better economic and development results as wells as an improvement in the levels of happiness and life satisfaction. Although the macroeconomic cycle was characterized by high volatility, the country GDP per capita was 74 % higher in 2012 compared to 1983, implying an average annual growth rate of 1.9 %, much higher than the average Latin American country. Poverty and income distribution as well as health and education ones notably improved after time intervals of decadence.

Economic growthLatin AmericansPovertyIncome distributionAnnual growth ratemedia_common.quotation_subjectDevelopment economicsPer capitaHappinessEconomicsLife satisfactionEasterlin paradoxmedia_common
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