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Why does unemployment hurt the employed? : Evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and private sectors
Lüchinger, Simon (contributor); Meier, Stephan (contributor) - 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular, job security, in workers' well-being by exploiting sector-specific institutional differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003713639
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Bureaucratic rents and life satisfaction
Lüchinger, Simon (contributor); Meier, Stephan (contributor) - 2006
The monopoly position of the public bureaucracy in providing public services allows government employees to acquire rents. Those rents can involve higher wages, monetary and non-monetary fringe benefits (e.g. pensions and staffing), and/or bribes. We propose a direct measure to capture the total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278945
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The role of social work norms in job searching and subjective well-being
Stutzer, Alois; Lalive, Rafael - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002197455
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The happiness gains from sorting and matching in the labor market
Lüchinger, Simon (contributor); Stutzer, Alois (contributor) - 2006
Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuable skills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match between job characteristics and their preferences. Based on individual data on reported satisfaction with life it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003292059
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The role of social work norms in job searching and subjective well-being
Stutzer, Alois; Lalive, Rafael - 2001
Social norms are usually neglected in economics, because they are to a large extent enforced through non-market interactions and difficult to isolate empirically. In this paper, we offer a direct measure of the social norm to work and we show that this norm has important economic effects. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001605250
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Is volunteering rewarding in itself?
Meier, Stephan (contributor); Stutzer, Alois (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001944080
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Happiness : The Economic Analysis (German)
Frey, Bruno S. - 2009
an economic analysis of happiness are shown and illustrated with two specific applications. The relationship between … the value of public goods. The short discussion of governmental „happiness policy“ from a constitutional viewpoint … suggests a comparative institutional analysis of subjective well-being. The happiness revolution in economics is only at its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158414
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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors
Luechinger, Simon - 2011
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular, job security, in workers' well-being by exploiting sector-specific institutional differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012714191
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Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest Upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction
Odermatt, Reto - 2020
happiness. However, whether it is accurate is an open question. Based on individual panel data, we explore whether home buyers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012827351
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Happiness, economy and institutions
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2000
previously published for other countries are generally supported. Unemployment has a strongly depressing effect on happiness. A … higher income level raises happiness, however, only to a small extent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781520