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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2010
most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671708
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Inequality and Happiness: When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality do not Match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - CESifo - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of individual labor-market participation under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671705
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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - CESifo - 2004
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens’ approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that “women and men...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766299
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The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl: Evidence on Subjective Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - CESifo - 2014
This paper assesses the long-run toll taken by a large-scale technological disaster on welfare, well-being and mental health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in radioactive fallout to respondents of a nationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790170
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The Life Satisfaction Approach to Environmental Valuation
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - CESifo - 2009
individuals’ well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction …-being research in economics and takes measures of reported life satisfaction as an empirical approximation to individual welfare …. Micro-econometric life satisfaction functions are estimated taking into account environmental conditions along with income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583664
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Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel. Effects of Religiosity, Ethnicity, and War
Praag, Bernard M.S. Van; Romanov, Dmitri; … - CESifo - 2010
We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for … respect to Jewish families it is most striking that the impact of family size on both life and financial satisfaction seems to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671691
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Rig Services and Taxation
Osmundsen, Petter - CESifo - 2014
A long period of rig scarcity and high rates has led to innovation in the procurement of rig services and in relationships between oil companies and rig contractors. Discussions have been conducted on joint ventures between companies and contractors, for instance. This paper describes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948865
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Local Fiscal Equalization in Estonia: Is a Reform Necessary?
Friedrich, Peter; Nam, Chang Woon; Reiljan, Janno - CESifo - 2009
Estonian municipalities should perform a broad range of functions, while their fiscal resources are often limited and large disparities in fiscal capacity prevail among them. Moreover, the power to regulate fiscal affairs is mostly in the hands of the central government. We discuss how a strict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533988
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Old George Orwell Got it Backward: Some Thoughts on Behavioral Tax Economics
Slemrod, Joel - CESifo - 2009
It is entirely appropriate that the study of public finance take seriously “behavioral” inconsistencies with traditional models of individual and collective decision-making. This raises the question of whether the state should play a role in protecting individuals from themselves, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572563
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Higher Taxes, More Evasion? Evidence from Border Differentials in TV License Fees
Berger, Melissa; Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; … - CESifo - 2015
This paper studies the evasion of TV license fees in Austria. We exploit border differentials to identify the effect of fees on evasion. Comparing municipalities at the low- and high-fee side of state borders reveals that higher fees trigger significantly more evasion. The central estimate from...
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