Mr Nattavudh Powdthavee

Mr Nattavudh Powdthavee

Mr Nattavudh Powdthavee

Research Interests
Applied Microeconometrics

Perceived Quality of Life Data in the Developing countries. Happiness Data analysis. Interdependence Utility in comparision utility models.

At the moment, I have been working on the Perceived Quality of Life data from the South Africa Integrated Household Survey ('93 & '97), Russia Living Standard Measurement survey ('96-'00), and the British Household Panel Survey ('91-'01). For the first three papers of my PhD thesis, I focus mainly on the externalities linked to others' unemployment and crime on the individual's reported well-being. The fourth paper examines the degree of utility interdependence among married spouses in the UK.


Working Paper
'Is the Structure of Happiness Equations the same in Poor and Rich Countries? The Case of South Africa', revised version, April 2003.
'Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa', revised version, March 2004 [ Press Release], forthcoming in Economica.
'Are There Geographical Variations in the Psychological Cost of Unemployment in South Africa?', revised version, December 2004.
'Mental Risk-Sharing in Marriage: Evidence from Panel Data', revised version, November 2004. 'Non-technical summary for 'Keynotes' - the customer magazine of Siemens Business Services'
'Social Isolation, Work Hours, Money, and Happiness: An Empirical Study - Preliminary Results', February 2005.