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The paradox of declining female happiness

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2009

that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men …-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …

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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676439

Compensating differentials and evolution of the quality-of-life among US states

Gabriel, Stuart A.; Mattey, Joe P.; Wascher, William L. - 1996

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Leaving Los Angeles: migration, economic opportunity and the quality-of-life

Gabriel, Stuart A.; Mattey, Joe P. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 1996

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Compensating differentials and evolution of the quality-of-life among U.S. states

Gabriel, Stuart A.; Mattey, Joe P.; Wascher, William L. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 1996

This paper provides the first application of the compensating differential paradigm to the evaluation of the extent and sources of evolution in quality-of-life among U.S. states. In addition to providing estimates of quality-of-life rankings for U.S. states over the 1981-1990 period, we use...

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Relative status and well-being: evidence from U.S. suicide deaths

Daly, Mary C.; Wilson, Daniel J.; Johnson, Norman J. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2012

We assess the importance of interpersonal income comparisons using data on suicide deaths. We examine whether suicide risk is related to others’ income, holding own income and other individual and environmental factors fixed. We estimate models of the suicide hazard using two independent data...

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The happiness - suicide paradox

Daly, Mary C.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Wilson, Daniel; Wu, … - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2010

Suicide is an important scientific phenomenon. Yet its causes remain poorly understood. This study documents a paradox: the happiest places have the highest suicide rates. The study combines findings from two large and rich individual-level data sets—one on life satisfaction and another on...

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Happiness, unhappiness, and suicide: an empirical assessment

Daly, Mary C.; Wilson, Daniel J. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2008

The use of subjective well-being (SWB) data for investigating the nature of individual preferences has increased tremendously in recent years. There has been much debate about the cross-sectional and time series patterns found in these data, particularly with respect to the relationship between...

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