The Power and Roots of Aspirations : A Survey of the Empirical Evidence

Aspirations have become a common theme in empirical economics studies, but there is no unified understanding of the range of outcomes they influence, the factors that shape them, and how to measure them. This paper surveys this growing literature. The paper argues that there is compelling evide...

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Main Authors: Fruttero, Anna, Muller, Noel, Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/332481625231659043/The-Power-and-Roots-of-Aspirations-A-Survey-of-the-Empirical-Evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35916