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Adaptation to Poverty in Long-Run Panel Data

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...

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The Happiness Gains from Sorting and Matching in the Labor Market

Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois; Winkelmann, Rainer - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

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 subjective well-being it is possible...

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Poverty Profiles and Well-Being: Panel Evidence from Germany

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...

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Obesity and Happiness

Katsaiti, Marina-Selini - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010

This paper provides insight on the relationship between obesity and happiness. Using the latest available cross sectional data from Germany (GSOEP 2006), UK (BHPS 2005), and Australia (HILDA 2007). We examine whether there is evidence on the impact of overweight on subjective well being. The...

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Income Comparisons, Income Formation, and Subjective Well-Being: New Evidence on Envy versus Signaling

Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

Drawing on the distinction between envy and signaling effects in income comparison, this paper uses 307,465 observations for subjective well-being and its covariates from Germany, 1990-2009, to study whether the nature of income comparison has changed in the process of economic development, and...

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Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life

Clark, Andrew E. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...

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Self-Reported Satisfaction and the Economic Crisis of 2007-10: Or How People in the UK and Germany Perceive a Severe Cyclical Downturn

Mertens, Antje; Beblo, Miriam - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

of our analyses is on the pattern of life, job and health satisfaction over time and the influence of unemployment rates … more satisfied with their lives, jobs and health when unemployment is rising around them. At the same time, the overall …. Interestingly, weget similar though somewhat weaker results when looking at job and health satisfaction. Hence, though the direct …

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You Can't Be Happier Than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010

This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...

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Other-Regarding Preferences, Spousal Disability and Happiness: Evidence from German Couples

Braakmann, Nils - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

This paper considers the impact of adverse health shocks that hit an individual's partner on subjective well …

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Reference-Dependent Effects of Unemployment on Mental Well-Being

Grunow, Martina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

This paper provides an empirical analysis of reference-dependent effects of unemployment on mental well-being. We show that the negative effect of unemployment on mental well-being depends on expectations about the future employment status. Several contributions to the literature have shown that...

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