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Empirical analysis of life satisfaction in German Benedictine monasteries

Janotík, Tomáš - 2013

happiness research in economics. A dataset of 154 Benedictine nuns is analyzed. The main objective is to identify the most … important determinants of happiness of Benedictines and to empirically evaluate the hypothesis that they have very high …

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On the Use of Subjective Well-Being Data for Environmental Valuation

Moro, Mirko; Ferreira, Susana - 2009

This paper explores the potential of using subjective well-being (SWB) data to valueenvironmental attributes. A theoretical framework compares this method, also known as the lifesatisfaction approach, with the standard hedonic pricing approach, identifying their similarities and differences. As...

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Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification : additional Insights on the pattern of convergence

Petrunyk, Inna; Pfeifer, Christian - 2015

The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1992 to 2013. Additionally, the East-West gap and its trend are separately analyzed for men and women as well as for...

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Do people seek to maximize their subjective well-being?

Fleurbaey, Marc; Schwandt, Hannes - 2015

best contender as the "maximand" in the contest, before the ladder‐of‐life question and felt happiness. Among the other …

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Well-being inequality and reference groups : an agenda for new research

Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2010 - Version March 3, 2010

consists of the characteristics of the individuals belonging to his reference group. The vast literature about happiness … reference groups in SWB-models. In this paper we employ the reference-extended model for incorporating in happiness studies the … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up …

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Competition and well-being

Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2004

We study the effects of competition in a context in which people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that in such an environment the very presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any payoff gains for the short side of the market. We also find that...

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