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Happy people have children : choice and self-selection into parenthood
Cetre, Sophie; Clark, Andrew E.; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2016
age of 30 and who have higher income. We also provide evidence of a positive selection into parenthood, whereby happier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457380
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The effect of income on mortality : new evidence for the absence of a causal link
Ahammer, Alexander; Horvath, Gerard Thomas; … - 2015
We analyze the effect of income on mortality in Austria using administrative social security data. To tackle potential … estimations, IV regressions reveal a robust zero-effect of income on ten-year death rates for prime-age workers, both in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295560
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Money, well-being and loss aversion : does an income loss have a greater effect on well-being than an equivalent income gain?
Boyce, Christopher J.; Wood, Alex M.; Banks, James; … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342482
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Adaptation to poverty in long-run panel data
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2014
We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334235
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Winning big but feeling no better? The effect of lottery prizes on physical and mental health
Apouey, Bénédicte; Clark, Andrew E. - 2010
We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269573
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Heterogeneity in Reported Well-Being : Evidence from Twelve European Countries
Clark, Andrew E.; Etilé, Fabrice; Postel-Vinay, Fabien; … - 2004
This paper models the relationship between income and reported well-being using latent class techniques applied to … strongly reject the hypothesis that individuals transform income into well-being in the same way. We show that both individual … marginal effect of income on well-being across classes will be reflected in both behaviour and preferences for redistribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276946
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Adaptation to Poverty in Long-Run Panel Data
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2014
We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468180
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Poverty profiles and well-being: Panel evidence from Germany
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2015
We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500142
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Happiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life
Clark, Andrew E. - 2011
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280689
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Winning big but feeling no better? : the effect of lottery prizes on physical and mental health
Apouey, Bénédicte; Clark, Andrew E. - 2010
We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937887