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Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - HAL - 2012
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784109
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Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - HAL - 2012
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738903
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The French Unhappiness Puzzle: the Cultural Dimension of Happiness
Senik, Claudia - HAL - 2013
This article sheds light on the important differences in self-declared happiness across countries of similar affluence …. It hinges on the different happiness statements of natives and immigrants in a set of European countries to disentangle …-negligible importance in explaining international heterogeneity in happiness. In some countries, such as France, they are responsible for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738792
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Peut-on dire que les Français sont malheureux ?
Senik, Claudia - HAL - 2009
Les Français se déclarent moins heureux que la plupart des Européens. Yann Algan et Pierre Cahuc (2007) ont suggéré que cette insatisfaction prenait sa source dans l'absence de confiance qu'ils s'accordent les uns aux autres, ainsi qu'aux institutions de leur pays. Sans vouloir exclure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739023
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Is happiness different from flourishing? Cross-country evidence from the ESS
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - HAL - 2011
the measures of happiness and life satisfaction. Second, someone with high “hedonic” well-being (happiness or life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739115
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Does the Internet make people happier?
Pénard, Thierry; Poussing, Nicolas; Suire, Raphaël - HAL - 2013
Given the increasingly prominent role the Internet plays in people's daily life, understanding its influence on individual well-being is crucial. Internet use yields direct utility and economic returns that may increase life satisfaction. But the Internet might also have detrimental effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821055
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Mentoring receipt and personality: Evidence for non-linear relationships
Bozionelos, Nikos; Bozionelos, Giorgos; Polychroniou, … - HAL - 2014
The research investigates the relationship of the Big-Five of personality with mentoring receipt with the use of two … trend is positive. The substantial quadratic component in the association of personality with receipt of mentoring means … that research hitherto may be grossly underestimating the effects of personality on developmental relationships because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820565
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Direct evidence on income comparisons and their welfare effects
Senik, Claudia - HAL - 2008
This paper provides direct evidence that comparisons exert a significant effect on subjective well-being. It also evaluates the relative importance of different types of benchmarks. Internal comparisons to one's own past living standard outweigh any other comparison benchmarks. Local comparisons...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738752
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Ambition and jealousy. Income interactions in the "Old" Europe versus the "New" Europe and the United States
Senik, Claudia - HAL - 2007
Using individual-level data from a large number of countries, this paper examines how self-reported subjective well-being depends on own income and reference income, where reference income is defined as the income of professional peers. It uncovers a divide between "old" -low mobility- European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738753
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Economic Comparison and Group Identity: Lessons from India
Fontaine, Xavier; Yamada, Katsunori - HAL - 2012
The caste issue dominates a large part of India's social and political life. Caste shapes one's identity. Furthermore, strong tensions exist between castes. Using subjective well-being data, we assess the role economic comparisons play in this society. We focus on both within and between-castes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738848