SA's happiness-and misery-index.

Impact of Good Governance Quality and Income upon Happiness in Selected Countries

The change of theoretical base in the area of welfare economy and due to economic evolution along time, in recent decades happiness has been considered as an important index for measuring welfare in individual and social levels along with other initial proxies such as wealth, consumption, gross domestic production. This particularly has attracted many economists attention such that they investi...

Sanction, Macroeconomic Major Variables And Misery Index: The Approach of GMM Panel (Case of Study Selected Provinces of the Country)

The misery index is an economic indicator that defined by economist Arthur Okun in the late of decade 1970. This index, determine of total inflation and unemployment rates and express in terms of percent. High misery index, end in economic and public troubles. Because have increased both inflation and unemployment rates. In other words, the Misery index can indicate the state of stagflation in ...

Investigating the Relationship between Misery Index and Patients' Out-of-pocket Payments in Iran's Health System

Background: One of the criteria for measuring the performance of governments and their survival is the degree of success in reducing and stabilizing the misery index. The misery index is obtained from the sum of inflation and unemployment. Inflation and unemployment are the most important factors affecting family's income. If the misery index is high, families will have less money to buy their ...

Measuring the Index of Economic Misery in Different Provinces of Iran in Justice-Oriented and Moderate Governments and Its Long-Term Economic Effects

Abstract. Since the misery index directly affects the welfare of society, it is of great economic and political importance and one of the most important criteria for measuring the success and survival of governments depends on their success in reducing inflation and unemployment and strengthening economic stability and growth. Based on the benefits of examining the misery index and its importan...

Measurement of Income with Time Use with Applications to Hedonic Indicators of Happiness and Misery