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Unhappiness and pain in modern America : a review essay, and further evidence, on Carol Graham's happiness for all?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2017
In Happiness for All?, Carol Graham raises disquieting ideas about today's United States. The challenge she puts … citizens have downwardly trended happiness levels. There is, however, one bright side to an otherwise dark story. The happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770416
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Unhappiness and pain in modern America : a review essay, and further evidence, on Carol Graham' s Happiness for all?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011783556
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Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2007
We explore the idea that happiness and psychological well-being are U-shaped in age. The main difficulty with this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271880
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Do Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2017
applies each to large cross-sections and compares the patterns of life-satisfaction and happiness. Using the first method …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744670
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Unhappiness and Pain in Modern America: A Review Essay, and Further Evidence, on Carol Graham's Happiness for All?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2017
In Happiness for All?, Carol Graham raises disquieting ideas about today's United States. The challenge she puts … citizens have downwardly trended happiness levels. There is, however, one bright side to an otherwise dark story. The happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011787034
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Inequality aversion and risk attitudes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2010
, education, and gender) that may be correlated with both risk attitudes and inequality aversion. -- Happiness ; inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934990
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Inequality aversion and risk attitudes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2010
Using self reported measures of life satisfaction and risk attitudes, we empirically test whether there is a relationship between individuals inequality and risk aversion. The empirical analysis uses the German SOEP household panel for the years 1997 to 2007 to conclude that the negative effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824273
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Income comparisons and non-cognitive skills
Budría, Santiago; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2012
People gain utility from occupying a higher ranked position in the income distribution of the reference group. This paper investigates whether these gains depend on an individual's set of non-cognitive skills. Using the 2000-2008 waves of the German Socioeconomic Panel dataset (SOEP), a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533983
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Income and well-being
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2002
happiness. In other words, the influence of the income of a reference group on individual well-being is examined. The main … that the income of the reference group is about as important as own income for individual happiness, that individuals are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326410
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The subjective costs of health losses due to chronic diseases
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
This paper proposes a method to evaluate health losses or gains by looking at the impact on well-being of a change in health status. The paper presents estimates of the equivalent income change that would be necessary to change general satisfaction with life to the same extent as a change in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326414