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Happiness: Revising Set Point Theory and Dynamic Equilibrium Theory to Account for Long Term Change
Headey, Bruce - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
An adequate theory of happiness or subjective well-being (SWB) needs to link at least three sets of variables: stable person characteristics (including personality traits), life events and measures of well-being (life satisfaction, positive affects) and ill-being (anxiety, depression, negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068749
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Surveying the Virtual World: A Large Scale Survey in Second Life Using the Virtual Data Collection Interface (VDCI)
Bell, Mark W.; Castronova, Edward; Wagner, Gert G. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Technology has always introduced changes in the way researchers administer surveys. A new technology known as virtual worlds has now emerged that promises to change data collection once again. Virtual worlds are persistent, online, computer-rendered spaces populated by hundreds, thousands, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005071113
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Turnout and Closeness: Evidence from 60 Years of Bavarian Mayoral Elections
Arnold, Felix - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
One prediction of the calculus of voting is that electoral closeness positively affects turnout via a higher … between 1946 and 2009. Importantly, I use constitutionally prescribed two-round elections to measure electoral closeness and … electoral closeness matters: A one standard deviation increase in close- ness increases turnout by 1.68 percentage points, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207853
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Cognitive Abilities and Labour Market Outcomes
Anger, Silke; Heineck, Guido - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
We contribute to the literature on the relationship between cognitive abilities and labour market outcomes providing first evidence for Germany. In particular, cross-sectional data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) are used, which include two measures of cognitive ability, one test of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963908